International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach 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 on Wednesday. Bach received 93 of the 94 eligible votes cast in an online process. 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. Bach has ruled the IOC virtually unopposed, with the vast majority of decisions in his eight years so far receiving unanimous support from its members, who currently number just over 100.

Source: The Irish Times March 10, 2021 17:45 UTC