IOC says it’s not a ‘super world government’ as calls grow for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games boycott

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called on the body to commit to greater global “solidarity” and to prepare itself for the post-coronavirus “new world”, while criticising those who live in their own “echo chamber”.

Bach was speaking this morning (AEDT) following the close of the 137th IOC Session, which unanimously adopted 15 recommendations to future-proof the Games, with one of them imploring the IOC to strengthen its support of refugees and displaced people.

While the IOC members debated the…