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Thomas Bach said on Saturday he will step down as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president in 2025 and won’t seek another term for which the Olympic Charter would have to be changed. Bach made the announcement at the IOC Session on the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics, saying the Olympic Movement is “best served with a change of leadership. “New times are calling for new leaders,” Bach said. The German was elected in 2013 for an eight-year term and earned another four-year term in 2021. According to the charter no more than 12 years at the top of the world’s most important sports o…

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