IOC President Thomas Bach says Paris is ready to go for the 2024 Summer Olympics. But in speeches this week ahead of the Games, he warned that rising global tensions threaten the Olympic movement.
IOC President Thomas Bach holds a scarf during the inauguration of the Olympic Truce Wall in the Olympic Village at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Monday in Paris, France.talks about international sport, he typically paints a glowing picture of the power of peaceful competition.But in aAdvertisementHe described the shifts in global diplomacy as unprecedented since World War II.
Bach has long argued that in order to preserve the Olympic movement in this dangerous shifting landscape, the IOC has to maintain strict neutrality. There is also a"team" of 37 refugees, many from African and Middle Eastern countries, representing displaced persons around the world.
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