State Duma deputy and Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova believes that the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach may be bluffing when he talks about his resignation in 2025. Her words are a guide “Match TV”.
“I really don’t believe that Bach will resign from the IOC presidency. I accept that this is a ‘convince me to stay’ kind of performance. I fear that no candidate who is ready to work with Russia will be elected,” Zhurova said.
Thomas Bach, who currently heads the IOC, will not participate in the upcoming elections for the organization’s presidency in March 2025. Bach has been at the helm of the IOC since autumn 2013. He succeeded Jacques Rogge in the role.
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games took place at the Stade de France on August 11. The IOC allowed Russian athletes competing under neutral status to participate in the event, but none showed up, by which time the Russian athletes had already left Paris.
The next Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles, USA in 2028.
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Source: Gazeta
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