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President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach wants ‘clean’ Russian athletes to compete under a neutral flag at the 2018 PyeonChang Winter Olympic Games he said at a press conference in Lausanne on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the IOC banned Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, following an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at Sochi in 2014. The Russian Olympic Committee denies the allegations.
Tokyo, May 19 (EFE/EPA).- The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it estimated that 80 percent of athletes and committee members who will stay at this year’s Olympic Village will arrive in Japan vaccinated, adding it would offer help to meet the needs of health personnel."At this time 75 percent of the residents of the Olympic Village are vaccinated or have secured the vaccine," committee President Thomas said Wednesday at the opening of the Coordination Commission with organizers, adding that they have "good reason to believe that the figure will reach 80 percent for the games."Sixty-five days after the inauguration of the games, which are decreasing in popularity among the Japanese for fear that they will worsen the spread of Covid-19, Bach said the sporting events held so far have not been "a propagator of the virus.” (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).SHOT LIST: 2020 OLYMPIC BANNERS LINING THE STREETS OF TOKYO, JAPAN.
IOC president Thomas Bach visits the Paris 2024 Olympic Village. IMAGES. (COMPLETES VIDI346R3G3_EN)
The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, delivers the official invitations to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics to several representatives of the National Olympic Committees, including Greece, the United States, Japan and the Refugee Olympic Team. IMAGES
IOC president Thomas Bach says he was "very disturbed" by Russian skater Kamila Valieva's performance in the Beijing Olympics final when she fell several times and seemed overwhelmed by the doping scandal that has engulfed her. "I was very disturbed when I watched it on TV," Bach says. SOUNDBITE
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach reacts to a growing diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics in February, prompted by what the Western allies argue are widespread rights abuses by China. "The presence of government officials is a purely political decision for each government," he says, adding, "the principle of the political neutrality of the IOC applies." Britain on Wednesday joined Australia and the United States in announcing they will not send ministers to the Winter Games in the Chinese capital. SOUNDBITE
Images of IOC president Thomas Bach meeting with Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto in Japan's capital. IMAGES
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