Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and Bach's Legacy Miller David
Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and Bach's Legacy Miller David The US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics left German lawyer Thomas Bach unable to defend his fencing title.Instead,…
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Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and Bach's Legacy Miller David
The US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics left German lawyer Thomas Bach unable to defend his fencing title.Instead, he devoted the next 20 years to climbing the sports administrative ladder.His mission was to protect athletes' independent rights, and his ambition to become IOC president. His 40-point agenda launched a radical host city election procedure, while enforcing the International Federations' internal disciplines and introducing new Olympic sports such as skateboarding.New age Olympics had arrived - but it wasn't all smooth sailing. Bach was elected IOC president in 2013, and immediately set about transforming the organization's century-old constitution.
With Russia's institutional cheating marring three consecutive Games, the near financial collapse of Rio '16 and the threatened cancellation of Tokyo 2020, Bach sustained IOC equilibrium through