OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST THOMAS BACH
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF IOC
Thomas Bach achieved a long-held dream
on Tuesday as he was elected to the most powerful position in sport, president
of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Mr
Thomas Bach has been elected as the new President of the International Olympic
Committee. The 59-year-old German lawyer and former fencing gold medallist
replaces 71-year-old Jacques Rogge, who is standing down after 12 years in
charge. Bach was the favourite of the six candidates considered for the post in
Buenos Aires.
He begins an eight-year term as president, with the possibility of a second,
four-year, mandate. He will be the ninth president in the 125-year history of
the IOC.
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