(Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Wednesday won an unopposed second term that will keep him in the post until 2025, following a vote on the first day of a virtual IOC session. Bach took over in 2013 as the organisation's ninth president since the body's founding in 1894, succeeding outgoing president Jacques Rogge and beating five other candidates. Presidents can serve two terms - a first term of eight years and a second of four if re-elected. A German lawyer who won a gold medal in fencing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Bach has been an IOC member since 1991. "In my second term I will follow the same style of consultation," Bach told a news conference.

Source: The Star March 10, 2021 15:35 UTC