Coventry's election shows IOC as a truly global organisation - Bach - video Dailymotion

Thomas Bach believes Kirsty Coventry's election as IOC president is a move in the right direction.

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00:00I think it was a very important signal yesterday to demonstrate that we are a

00:06truly global organization and I was the 9th President of the IOC and eight of them

00:22have been from Europe and one from the United States of America and this is

00:30not really reflecting the reality of a global organization like the IOC with

00:37the 206 National Olympic Committees on all five continents and therefore this

00:44election is more than anything else this commitment to globalization and to be

00:55a truly global organization.