International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Ready To Continue In Office After 12 Years’

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, has given indication of continuing in office despite having spent 12 years already.

The 69 year old is due to end his term in 2025, given that the IOC charter does not permit a president to stay longer than 12 years, but has now hinted that he would be willing to stay more.

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“I had heard some rumours before that some members want me to continue my mandate,” he told a news conference on Monday at the IOC Session in Mumbai.

“I believe this is human that I was really touched and appreciated very much this show of support and friendship. For this reason it is a matter of mutual respect…that you do not dismiss such a sign.”

The former Olympic fencer was asked by reporters if it was a bad look for him to try to change the rules and stay on.

Bach responded that many IOC members wanted to avoid an election campaign in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Games next July and August.

A former Olympian, the Germany is the ninth president of the IOC, who came to office in 2023 to an eight-year term.

His response was in connection to members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday, during the inaugural day of the IOC’s 141st Session here,

Spending 12 Years In IOC has seen him registering impact.

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An IOC member from Dominican Republic, Luis Mejia Oviedo said, “You have shown us the best way to go forward. We have to look after this (Olympic) movement. That is why I would like to put forward this approach”, a canvassing that got the nod of other members. .

Born in Würzburg, Germany, he set a record at the age of 17 In 1971 when he won the German national junior foil championship, and a bronze medal at the Junior World Fencing Championships in Chicago, Illinois. Even in subsequent meets at both regional and global levels, he still won laurels, putting him on the pedestal of global reckoning and acclaim.