His mandate will end next year, but Thomas Bach intends to take advantage of his final months at the head of the IOC to continue traveling the world. As proof, his trip next weekend to Salt Lake City, host city of the Winter Games in 2034. The organizing committee announced his arrival in Utah on September 27 and 28. On the program, a series of meetings with the project leaders, including Fraser Bullock, the president and CEO of SLC-UT 2034, local elected officials, the " Games supporters », and finally the athletes at the competition venues. Thomas Bach last visited Salt Lake City in 2002, for the Winter Games. He was then IOC Vice-President.
