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Bach warns against Olympic boycotts, seeks re-election
GENEVA – IOC president Thomas Bach warned against Olympic boycotts on Friday while also confirming he will seek re-election next year.Bach seems certain to get four more years in 2021 after almost half of the 100 International Olympic Committee members from around the world praised him in an online version of their annual meeting.“As you can imagine, I could hear this forever,” Bach quipped during nearly a full hour of tributes to his leadership since his eight-year first term started in 2013, and from members welcoming his candidacy for the second term.The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be an early highlight and a potential test of Bach’s second and, according to current IOC rules, final term in office.Although serious talk of a boycott