The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is taking a calm approach to the Paris Games. But he does not intend to lower his guard in the face of security issues and geopolitical tensions.
Bach, a former Olympic fencing gold medallist, would have liked to have taken a dip in the Seine with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Tony Estanguet, president of the organising committee. But one meeting follows another for the German, who met French President Emmanuel Macron after his visit to France's National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP). Bach was also present at the opening of the athletes' village. Excerpts from an interview:
Q/ Finally, here we are.
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