International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said he will not be elected for a new term in March 2025. TASS.
At the 142nd session of the IOC, held in Paris in July 2024, an amendment to the Olympic Charter that would have allowed Bach to expand his powers and enter a new era was rejected. Many members of the organization had made such an attempt at the 141st IOC session.
Elections for the new IOC president will be held in Greece in March 2025.
Bach has been president of the IOC since autumn 2013. He succeeded Jacques Rogge in the post. He became the first German in history and the first Olympic champion to preside over the IOC. In 1976, Bach won Olympic gold in team foil. Bach also won the world championship in this discipline in 1977.
At the end of February 2022, the IOC issued a call to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to participate in any competitions. The organization decided to accept Russians and Belarusians as neutral athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games at the end of 2023. To participate, they had to meet a number of conditions and qualify. The medals of Russians and Belarusians are not taken into account in the medal standings.
Previously in the Federation Council I doubted your competence Thomas Bach.
What are you thinking?
Source: Gazeta
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