International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he hoped to visit Japan in October to meet new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga - Japan Today
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Bach “needs to win presidency in first round”
Thomas Bach, favourite to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, may lose out if he does not secure victory in the first round of voting, according to an Olympic insider.