“Primarily interested in re-election”: Freitag criticizes Bach and the IOC

Nuremberg (SID) Dagmar Freitag, chairwoman of the sports committee in the German Bundestag, has sharply criticized the International Olympic Committee and its president Thomas Bach, but is still open to a German bid for the Olympics. "My personal opinion is that Thomas Bach is primarily interested in being re-elected. He is not interested in reviving and reforming the IOC and thus the Olympic idea in a direction that even comes close to the basic idea of a fair and peaceful competition between young people," said Freitag at a discussion forum at the Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research (IBMP), headed by doping expert Fritz Sörgel, on Saturday in Nuremberg. The SPD politician spoke of “small reforms” at the IOC that arose under the pressure that applicants were now missing, especially for the Winter Olympics. “But I have little illusions that things will improve in the near future when it comes to the crucial point, namely that fair competitions take place in the interests of clean athletes,” said Freitag and also criticized the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). “As long as national associations such as the DOSB do not position themselves more clearly in their criticism and instead only support the IOC in its stance - from where, if not from there, should changes be initiated?” said Freitag. Basically, she is positive about the idea of hosting the Olympic Games in Germany, "because I love the sport," said Freitag: "There are so many German athletes who say the Olympic Games are something great, but the Olympic Games in their own country are the biggest thing. This fact alone is reason enough for us not to fundamentally close our eyes to this matter." However, she is convinced that an application would mean "very, very hard work" "for the DOSB, the applicant city or region and also for our society, which has to support and accept an application. And we are still at that point "Not. The IOC will not be able to avoid making improvements in terms of reforms and transparency."

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“Primarily interested in re-election”: Freitag criticizes Bach and the IOC

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