'Pure misery': IOC's Bach wants more German emphasis on performance

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2025-03-01

Munich (dpa) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called for a more positive outlook in his native Germany and put an emphasis on performance again if it wants to land future Games and do better in the medal table. Bach lameted in an interview with Saturday's Bild paper that performance is taking a back seat these days, starting with school sports where the joy of exercise is practised these days and a past annual com......

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