Nicol not only expressed the key messages of the bid, but also gave a more personal insight into his feelings surrounding squash being included as an Olympic sport, “If I'd been given the opportunity, I would have been there. My four Commonwealth Games gold medals were my best achievements as a squash player. So I can only imagine what it would be like to be an Olympian, it would be the highest honour in the squash world.” He said.

He also outlined the very positive economic arguments that the sport of squash has in its favour, “we are an economical sport: we can share facilities and we add a relatively small number of athletes. Also we will donate the glass court required to stage the matches in to the host city, so they can derive a real legacy benefit from it.”

Having delivered his presentation Nicol was joined by ATCO Super Series finalist Thierry Lincou, who reiterated that it was indeed every aspiring sportsman’s dream to represent their country at the Olympic Games, “I feel the greatest achievement any sportsman can achieve would be an Olympic medal, it’s my ultimate goal”

Thierry was later beaten by fellow Frenchman Gregory Gaultier in a hard fought battle for the title. Gaultier had earlier defeated world number one, Karim Darwish in the tournament to reach the final. The event, held at Queen’s Club in London UK was an exciting four day tournament, featuring eight of the world’s top male squash players.