Qatar offers to organize 2036 Olympic Games after organizing FIFA World Cup 2022

Doha offers bid to organize the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2036, the authorities said on Tuesday, because it sets his sights on another large sporting event to diversify its energy -rich economy.

One of the smallest and richest states in the Golf, Qatar has already organized the FIFA World Cup 2022.

If it is chosen, Qatar would become the first country in the Middle East and North Africa that is organizing the Olympic Games, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-thani.

«The official bid submitted by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to organize the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games represents a new milestone in the journey of Qatar,» he said in a statement shared at the official Qatar press agency.

«The bid builds on Qatar’s proven track record to successfully organize large international sporting events, in particular the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,» Sheikh Mohammed added.

Amnesty International and other rights groups claimed that thousands of migrating employees died in the run-up to the 2022 tournament, although Doha said that only 37 employees on world cup projects were killed and only three in work-related accidents.

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Chairman of the Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thhani said that Doha «had made sport into a central pillar of our national strategy».

«We currently have 95 percent of the required sports infrastructure to organize the games, and we have an extensive national plan to ensure 100 percent willingness of all facilities,» he said.

Countries are no longer required to disclose their Olympic bids.

The competitions are intended to rotate continents every season. With the 2024, 2028 and 2032 editions that take place for Europe, Noord -America and Oceania, there are high chances that the 2036 Olympic Games are held in Asia – or in Africa, which would be a first.

Choosing the next host of the competitions will be the first major project for the new President Kirsty Coventry of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who last month became the first woman to lead the body.