IOC president Thomas Bach says presidential term limits “are necessary.”
One day after some Olympic officials urged him to scrap term limits and stay for four more years, IOC president Thomas Bach said Monday they “are necessary.” The German lawyer also took a public swipe at potential successor Sebastian Coe because some colleagues think he is campaigning too early. The proposal on Sunday to remain as president, which Bach declined to dismiss, heaped negative headlines on the International Olympic Committee.
When Bach was asked Monday if his supporters wanted to stop Coe, he replied: “I leave that up to you.” He also declined to specify if he might yet be a candidate himself in 2025. Bach was a long-time favorite to become president before he was elected by IOC members in September 2013 in a six-candidate contest. IOC presidents get a first term of eight years and he was re-elected unopposed in 2021 for a final four years.
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