Nanjing 2014 - International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (L) and famous Chinese basketball player Yao Ming watch the game together during Women's 3×3 Basketball competition of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, August 26, 2014.

IOC President Thomas Bach participates in the Olympic Torch Relay in Sochi before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

IOC President Thomas Bach participates in the Olympic Torch Relay in Sochi before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

IOC President Thomas Bach and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon participate in the Olympic Torch Relay in Sochi, Russia before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

IOC President Thomas Bach and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon participate in the Olympic Torch Relay in Sochi, Russia before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

IOC President Thomas Bach presents the first medals.

IOC president Thomas Bach and American Skier Lindsey Vonn hold Vonn’s puppy "Lucy" before they went on to watch the Ice Hockey Skills Challenge in Lillehammer, Norway.

IOC president Thomas Bach holds the Olympic Flame following a Youth Empowerment Session with Kjetil Jansrud and IOC Young Ambassadors at Hakons Hall in the build up to the Opening Ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway

IOC President Thomas Bach during a Youth Empowerment Session with IOC Young Ambassadors at Hakons Hall in the build up to the Opening Ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway

Fencing initiation with Thomas BACH, President of the IOC at Malley’s Badminton Center in Lausanne during 7th IOC International Athletes’ Forum. Lausanne, Switzerland, 10 October 2015.