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29 Dec 2022Dear Olympic Friends,What an Olympic year lies behind us. As we welcome a new year, we can look back with pride and satisfaction on 2022. It was an Olympic year that was as successful as it was turbulent.It was greatly successful…

Habib recognized for establishing Kia’s new design philosophy and its contribution to brand desirabilityHabib to continue strengthening Kia’s design identity which is aligned with the brand’s electrification efforts‘Opposites United’ design…

15 Dec 2022 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach held an open and constructive phone call with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Wednesday. In the call, President Zelensky thanked the IOC and its…

16 Nov 2022 - "We are immensely grateful to the Chair of the G20 Leaders' Summit, President Joko Widodo, for the support he expressed with regard to the political…

15 Nov 2022 - IOC President Thomas Bach was invited to address the G20 leaders at the Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday.Addressing the Heads of State and Heads of Government, President Bach told them that the fundamental goal of the…

11 Nov 2022 - IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed the President of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis, to Olympic House in Lausanne on Thursday.The two leaders discussed the IOC's strong and reciprocal attachment to Lausanne and…

7 Nov 2022 - IOC President Thomas Bach was in Liverpool last Friday for the 51st FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Welcomed by the President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and IOC Member, Morinari Watanabe, he…

01 Nov 2022 - IOC President Thomas Bach was today presented with the International Hockey Federation (FIH)'s President’s Award for Peace and Friendship. It was given to him by the current acting President of the FIH, Seif Ahmed.The award…

1 Nov 2022 - Sports organisations have a responsibility to advance gender equality, diversity and inclusion, leading by example and making the world a better place, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach told Olympic…

31 Oct 2022 - The Olympic Forest is growing: On the occasion of a visit to Senegal, host of the Youth Olympic Games 2026, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, accompanied by IOC members Kirsty Coventry and Mamadou…