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Bach ranks with IOC presidential greats Samaranch and de Coubertin: experts
Thomas Bach's life has been dominated by the Olympics, as a team fencing gold medallist and then IOC chief -- and he deserves to be ranked as "one of the three greatest presidents", two former IOC ...
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Bach's successor needs cool head to guide Olympics through stormy seas: experts
Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be "cool under fire" with some members believing the very existence of the Olympic Movement is ...
Thomas Bach ‘relieved’ as IOC members vote in Kirsty Coventry as his successor
Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s members unite behind Kirsty Coventry, who was voted in as his successor in ...
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Olympics-Paris Games gender row was product of Russian fake news campaign-IOC's Bach
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in charge of the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to ...
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Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach on Trump, trans athletes, Putin and the role of the Olympics in a divided world
The IOC responded by calling it “just another example of IBA’s campaign against the IOC.” Bach has staunchly defended both boxers throughout what he says was a Russian-led misinformation campaign ...
Here’s what the outgoing IOC president says about Utah’s Games — and a push to bar transgender athletes at the Olympics
Utah’s successful bid to host the 2034 Winter Games “had it all,” International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach ...
In Thursday’s election for IOC president, Sebastian Coe’s once close friend may work against him
President Thomas Bach, who has been more lenient with Russia, likely prefers another candidate to Coe heading toward the Los Angeles games in 2028 ...
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President−elect Kirsty Coventry warmly received by IOC staff at Olympic House
A fortnight after her historic election, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s President-elect, Kirsty Coventry, was warmly welcomed by IOC President Thomas Bach, ...
Olympics-IOC recommends inclusion of boxing in Los Angeles 2028 Games, says IOC's Bach
The International Olympic Committee executive board on Monday recommended the inclusion of boxing in the Los Angeles 2028 summer Olympics, ending a years-long saga regarding the sport's Olympic future ...
Kirsty Coventry is first woman to be elected IOC president
The International Olympic Committee elected its first female president Thursday by choosing Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry on a first vote. Coventry, 41, long has been seen as a favorite of outgoing ...
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Kirsty Coventry makes history as first woman elected IOC president
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, emerging from a contentious seven-candidate race Thursday to take hold of one of ...