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| [[Milan]] and [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] were elected to host the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] at the [[134th IOC Session]] in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2019. | [[Milan]] and [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] were elected to host the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] at the [[134th IOC Session]] in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2019. |
| ===COVID-19 pandemic=== | |
 | On 5 March 2020, ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' reported that Bach had stated "Neither the word 'cancellation' nor the word 'postponement' were even mentioned" regarding the upcoming [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]] amidst the COVID-19 pandemic at the IOC's executive board meeting the previous day.<ref name=bl-20200305>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...sident-reaffirms-commitment-to-tokyo-olympics |title=IOC President Reaffirms Commitment to Tokyo Olympics |last=Zimmerman |first=Max |website=Bloomberg News |date=5 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> On 22 March 2020, the IOC announced that within four weeks a decision would be made on whether Tokyo 2020 is going to be staged as planned or whether a postponement is necessary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ioc-olympischespiele-101.html|title=Olympische Spiele: Das IOC will in vier Wochen entscheiden|last=tagesschau.de|website=tagesschau.de|language=de|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52000044 |title=Coronavirus: Olympic doubts grow as Canada withdraws athletes |date=23 March 2020 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/22/americas/canada-no-athletes-tokyo-olympics/index.html |title=Canada and Australia will not send athletes to Tokyo Olympics |first1=Amir |last1=Vera |first2=Jill |last2=Martin |date=23 March 2020 |website=[[CNN|edition.cnn.com]] |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> Later that month, the IOC reversed the course and rescheduled the 2020 Games to 23 July–8 August 2021.<ref name=IOC_2021_Dates>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-ip...r-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 |title=IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 |date=30 March 2020 |website=olympic.org |access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2020033...r-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 |archive-date=30 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
| == Controversies and criticism == | == Controversies and criticism == |
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| In October 2023, the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee, which had previously sent independent Russian athletes to the Olympic Games, due to violations of the [[Olympic Charter]] – specifically, for incorporating Ukrainian sporting bodies from annexed Ukrainian territory into the Russian body, and so violating the integrity of the [[Ukraine at the Olympics|Ukraine Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=2023-10-12 |title=Russia’s Olympic Committee suspended by IOC for violations against Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/12/russia-olympic-committee-olympic-charter-athletes |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Russia challenged this in the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]]; in February 2024 the appeal was declined. This worsened tensions between the IOC and ROC, with Thomas Bach saying in March 2024 that Russia only has itself to blame.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=2024-03-06 |title=IOC president hits out at Russia’s ‘blatant violation’ of Olympic charter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...s-out-at-russias-violation-of-olympic-charter |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> | In October 2023, the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee, which had previously sent independent Russian athletes to the Olympic Games, due to violations of the [[Olympic Charter]] – specifically, for incorporating Ukrainian sporting bodies from annexed Ukrainian territory into the Russian body, and so violating the integrity of the [[Ukraine at the Olympics|Ukraine Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=2023-10-12 |title=Russia’s Olympic Committee suspended by IOC for violations against Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/12/russia-olympic-committee-olympic-charter-athletes |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Russia challenged this in the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]]; in February 2024 the appeal was declined. This worsened tensions between the IOC and ROC, with Thomas Bach saying in March 2024 that Russia only has itself to blame.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=2024-03-06 |title=IOC president hits out at Russia’s ‘blatant violation’ of Olympic charter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...s-out-at-russias-violation-of-olympic-charter |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
| ===2020 Summer Olympics=== | ===Postponement of 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics=== |
| On 5 March 2020, ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' reported that Bach had stated "Neither the word 'cancellation' nor the word 'postponement' were even mentioned" regarding the upcoming [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] amidst [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|COVID-19 pandemic]] at the IOC's executive board meeting the previous day.<ref name=bl-20200305>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...sident-reaffirms-commitment-to-tokyo-olympics |title=IOC President Reaffirms Commitment to Tokyo Olympics |last=Zimmerman |first=Max |website=Bloomberg News |date=5 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> On 22 March, the IOC announced that within four weeks a decision would be made on whether Tokyo 2020 is going to be staged as planned or whether a postponement is necessary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ioc-olympischespiele-101.html|title=Olympische Spiele: Das IOC will in vier Wochen entscheiden|last=tagesschau.de|website=tagesschau.de|language=de|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52000044 |title=Coronavirus: Olympic doubts grow as Canada withdraws athletes |date=23 March 2020 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/22/americas/canada-no-athletes-tokyo-olympics/index.html |title=Canada and Australia will not send athletes to Tokyo Olympics |first1=Amir |last1=Vera |first2=Jill |last2=Martin |date=23 March 2020 |website=[[CNN|edition.cnn.com]] |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> Later that month, the IOC reversed the course and rescheduled the 2020 Games, which held from 23 July to 8 August 2021.<ref name=IOC_2021_Dates>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-ip...r-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 |title=IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 |date=30 March 2020 |website=olympic.org |access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2020033...r-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 |archive-date=30 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
| While Bach was in Tokyo in July 2021 to promote a safe launch of the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics, he referred to the Japanese people as "Chinese", triggering a backlash on social media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/13/olympics-chief-refers-to-people-of-japan-as-chinese |date=13 July 2021 |first=Justin |last=McCurry |title=Olympics chief mixes up Japanese and Chinese at Tokyo Games presser |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> Bach's visit to [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park]] was opposed by survivor groups, some of which accused Bach of using the historic place politically to "justify holding of the Olympics by force under the pandemic".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...bach-to-visit-hiroshima-despite-protests.html |date=13 July 2021 |first= |title=IOC chief Bach to visit Hiroshima despite protests |work=[[Kyodo News]] |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 July 2021 |first=Justin |last=McCurry |title=Olympics chief accused of insulting Hiroshima survivors with visit to atomic bombing site |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...a-survivors-with-visit-to-atomic-bombing-site |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> Furthermore, the Hiroshima prefectural and municipal governments had to cover some 3.79 million yen (roughly $34,000) in security costs for Bach after the IOC refused to pay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210813/p2a/00m/0sp/047000c |date=14 August 2021 |first= |title=Hiroshima Pref., city to cover Bach visit security fees after organizing committee refuses |work=[[The Mainichi]] |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> As ''[[The Washington Post]]'' had called Bach "Von Ripper-off", the translated term "{{Nihongo||ぼったくり男爵|Bottakuri danshaku}}" became his nickname, and made the top 10 in 2021's Buzzwords of the Year in Japan.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 May 2021 |author=Sally Jenkins |title=Japan should cut its losses and tell the IOC to take its Olympic pillage somewhere else |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/05/japan-ioc-olympic-contract/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2021 |author=Torsten Weber |title=Catchword Bottakuri Danshaku |url=https://www.dijtokyo.org/ja/article/catchword-bottakuri-danshaku/ |work=Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ) |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/12/01/national/2021-buzzword-list/ |date=1 December 2021 |first= |title=Buzzwords in Japan 2021: Ohtani and Tokyo Olympics loomed large |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> |
| Meanwhile, Bach was in Tokyo in July 2021 to promote a safe launch of the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics, he referred to [[Japanese people]] as "Chinese", triggering a backlash on social media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/13/olympics-chief-refers-to-people-of-japan-as-chinese |date=13 July 2021 |first=Justin |last=McCurry |title=Olympics chief mixes up Japanese and Chinese at Tokyo Games presser |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> Bach's visit to [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park]] was opposed by survivor groups, some of which accused Bach of using the historic place politically to "justify holding of the Olympics by force under the pandemic".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...bach-to-visit-hiroshima-despite-protests.html |date=13 July 2021 |first= |title=IOC chief Bach to visit Hiroshima despite protests |work=[[Kyodo News]] |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 July 2021 |first=Justin |last=McCurry |title=Olympics chief accused of insulting Hiroshima survivors with visit to atomic bombing site |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...a-survivors-with-visit-to-atomic-bombing-site |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> Furthermore, Hiroshima prefectural and municipal governments had to cover some 3.79 million yen (roughly $34,000) in security costs for Bach after the IOC refused to pay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210813/p2a/00m/0sp/047000c |date=14 August 2021 |first= |title=Hiroshima Pref., city to cover Bach visit security fees after organizing committee refuses |work=[[The Mainichi]] |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> As ''[[The Washington Post]]'' had called Bach "Von Ripper-off", the translated term "{{Nihongo||ぼったくり男爵|Bottakuri danshaku}}" became his nickname, and made the top 10 in 2021's Buzzwords of the Year in Japan.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 May 2021 |author=Sally Jenkins |title=Japan should cut its losses and tell the IOC to take its Olympic pillage somewhere else |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/05/japan-ioc-olympic-contract/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2021 |author=Torsten Weber |title=Catchword Bottakuri Danshaku |url=https://www.dijtokyo.org/ja/article/catchword-bottakuri-danshaku/ |work=Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ) |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/12/01/national/2021-buzzword-list/ |date=1 December 2021 |first= |title=Buzzwords in Japan 2021: Ohtani and Tokyo Olympics loomed large |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> |
| ===Peng Shuai and 2022 Winter Olympics=== | ===Peng Shuai and 2022 Winter Olympics=== |
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