President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Oumar Kremlev said he welcomed the decision Thomas Bach not to be re-elected as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), stressing that the Olympic movement should be led by a “strong new leader”.
Bach announced on Saturday that he would not run again and proposed holding elections in March 2025. In October 2023, at the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, members of the organization proposed amending the Olympic Charter to re-elect a German for a third presidential term.
“I am glad that Thomas Bach has listened to the voice of common sense and is resigning.” Enough; he had the opportunity to bring something good to the world of sport, but he failed. It is now time for a new strong leader to lead the Olympic movement. As for the IBA, we will continue to provide the best conditions for our boxers around the world and will continue to work hard to ensure that our sport continues to thrive. We are open to communicating with the new IOC leader once he is elected, for the sake of our boxers and the Olympic future of this sport.
Honesty and transparency always prevail over corruption and greed. In this crisis situation, which culminated in the Paris Olympics, the time has come to cleanse the Olympic movement of violations, as we managed to do in the IBA after AIBA. I repeat that our organization has never had any problems with the Olympic movement, except with its current leadership. “I look forward to the new future of the Olympic movement,” Kremlev said on the IBA website.
Algerian Iman Khelif and Taiwanese Lin Yuting, who had already been suspended by the IBA for failing a gender test, were not tested for testosterone levels ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics and were cleared by the IOC to compete. Khelif and Lin Yuting won gold at the Games, which ended in France.
Boxing competitions at the Olympic Games were organized by a special unit created by the IOC. In June 2023, the IOC session expelled the IBA from the Olympic movement by a majority vote. Bach has headed the International Olympic Committee since 2013.
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