Bach seems certain to get four more years in 2021
after almost half of the 100 International Olympic Committee members from around the world praised him in an online version of their annual meeting.
Although serious talk of a boycott has not begun, China’s human rights record is an expected target ahead of the Olympics. Some lawmakers and diplomats have criticized China for its detention and treatment of its Muslim minority Uyghur people and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. The issue is personal for Bach, who won a gold medal in team fencing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics but could not defend the title when West Germany joined the United States and others in refusing to send teams to the 1980 Moscow Games.
“The only political effect the boycott of 1980 had, was to trigger the revenge boycott of the following Olympic Games,” he said.
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