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Thomas Bach runs unopposed as IOC president, will stay on until 2025
Thomas Bach is eligible for four more years in office after winning an eight-year term in 2013. His final term begins officially after the Tokyo Olympics close on August 8.
By: AP
Lausanne | Updated: December 1, 2020 08:32 PM IST
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IOC President Thomas Bach said, “Our priority is to ensure safe Olympic Games and we will do whatever is needed to organise safe Olympic Games." (AP Photo)The International Olympic Committee says Thomas Bach will have no opponents for his re-election as president in a vote scheduled in March.
More than 100 IOC members were told Bach is the only candidate for the presidential poll at their meeting due to be staged in Athens.
The German lawyer’s re-election seemed a formality after around 50 voting members publicly supported his candidacy in July at their annual meeting held virtually.
Bach is eligible for four more years in office after winning an eight-year term in 2013. His final term begins officially after the Tokyo Olympics close on August 8.
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