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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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