Fit for the Future was a policy adopted by the IOC at the 146th IOC Session in June 2026. The policy was the brainchild of IOC President Kirsty Coventry, and laid the groundwork for the IOC in future years. At the IOC Session Coventry noted, “Our responsibility is to build on the strong foundations that have been laid by those who came before us. Our responsibility is to prepare for generations that will follow us. Fit for the Future is designed to build on those strengths. It was designed as a genuine opportunity to listen, to reflect and to shape the future of our Movement together.”
“Fit for the Future” was presented to the IOC Session under five themes – Athletes, Olympic Games, Olympic Movement, Olympic Impact, and Engagement and Revenue – each of them including a goal, an ambition, objectives for 2032, and commitments.
The policy was noted to have three key objectives:
1) to identify key opportunities and challenges across the Olympic Movement; 2) to ensure that the strategic direction is shaped collectively by the IOC Members and the Olympic Movement; and 3) to analyse global, sports and corporate trends impacting the Olympic Movement.
Nine working groups were set up to take the consultations further and develop the goals, the ambitions, the objectives for 2032, and the commitments under the five themes of the “Fit for the Future” process.
