Thomas Bach will be re-elected unopposed for a second term as Olympic chief this week, just five months before the opening ceremony of the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games and less than a year from the increasingly scrutinised 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 10, 2020 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends a press conference in Lausanne. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
2021-03-08 09:18:04
Thomas Bach will be re-elected unopposed for a second term as Olympic chief this week, just five months before the opening ceremony of the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games and less than a year from the increasingly scrutinised 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 67-year-old German's second mandate as president of the International Olympic Committee promises to be as eventful, or turbulent, as his first.
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