Beijing, Feb. 20 -- Reflecting on his Olympic journey, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach says the key mission of the Olympic movement is to unite people with solidarity in a peaceful competition.
Bach will step down as IOC president in June after having served 12 years in the role.
An Olympic fencing champion at Montreal 1976, Bach said that various political boycotts against the Olympics in the 1980s prompted him to engage himself in sports management.
"It is very special for me that none of the Olympic Games I have been presiding [over] had any boycott," Bach told Xinhua, adding that despite many geopolitical tensions before Paris 2024, the IOC was able to gather athletes from 206 countries and regions and ...