the program after each Games, I'm not sure you need 25 core sports. I mean this may develop over time and it's always divisive when you are forced to exclude one, but you have the opportunity to come back with the bidding process and try again. The Program Commission will be meeting and seeing all the applicants. I'm comfortable with the process and accept that it's a tough call. ATR: What factor do you think will weigh most on your colleagues on the executive board when it comes time to choose a sport? When you look at the possibilities what makes you want to... CR: The criterias have to be wide enough for every sport to make its case. I mean soccer sells zillions of tickets so how do you compare soccer with three days of wrestling? You can't do it on crowd attendance and it's difficult to do it on television audience, you have to have other standards. How popular is it worldwide? How competitive is it? How well run is it? How well received by the public is it? At the end of the day we will rely to a great extent to our administration to bring us those statistics and at the end of the day we've been asked to make a decision, so we will. ATR: And you have to decide next year on a new IOC president. What do you think your colleagues are looking for in a new president? CR: The last 12 years