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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach believes the Olympic Games in Paris this summer won’t be affected by the announcement of new elections in France. Early official results from the European Parliament elections confirmed a landslide win for France’s far-right National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, more than doubling the vote share of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist group. The resounding defeat led Macron to dissolve the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Sunday and announce elections for just a few weeks’ time. Bach, however, said on Monday during…

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