- Title: IOC president Bach to resign as member after end of term
- Date: 26th February 2025
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - NOVEMBER 16, 2020) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF ANTI-OLYMPICS PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT BUILDING WHILE SHOUTING (English): "ABOLISH THE IOC" / HOLDING BANNERS READING (English): "OLYMPICS KILL THE POOR" VARIOUS OF ANTI-OLYMPICS PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER AND SHOUTING (English): "CANC
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- Keywords: Executive committee IOC Member Thomas Bach resignation
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- Topics: Olympics,Sport
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- Story Text: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach's will hand on control of the organisation next week in Greece.
Bach, an Olympic fencing champion in 1976, officially steps down from his post this year after 12 years in charge. He will hand over on June 23 to the new president to be elected on March 20.
Bach, 71, joined the IOC in 1991.
There are seven candidates to succeed Bach at the March 20 vote at the IOC session in Greece.
They are World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multiple Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry, who is Zimbabwe's sports minister, as well as Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch, son of the late former IOC president.
International cycling chief David Lappartient, Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan, International Gymnastics Federation head Morinari Watanabe and Olympic newcomer and multimillionaire Johan Eliasch, who heads the International Ski Federation, complete the candidates' lineup.
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