125th IOC Session

{{Short description|2013 International Olympic Committee session}}{{Infobox election

| election_date = 10 September 2013

| election_name = 2013 IOC presidential election

| flag_image =

| title = President

| before_election = {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacques Rogge

| previous_year = 2009

| next_year = 2025

| image1 = Thomas_Bach_(13951010204).jpg

| candidate1 = Thomas Bach

| home_state1 = Germany

| image2 = Sergey_Bubka_2013.jpg

| candidate2 = Sergey Bubka

| home_state2 = Ukraine

| popular_vote1 = 43 (first round)
49 (second round)

| popular_vote2 = 8 (first round)
4 (second round)

| candidate3 = Richard Carrión

| home_state3 = Puerto Rico

| popular_vote3 = 23 (first round)
29 (second round)

| after_election = {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Bach

| ongoing = no

| country = IOC

| posttitle = Elected President

| type = presidential

| image4 = NgSerMiang-2010SummerYouthOlympics-20090426.jpg

| candidate4 = Ng Ser Miang

| home_state4 = Singapore

| popular_vote4 = 6 (first round)
6 (second round)

| image5 = Denis_Oswald.jpg

| candidate5 = Denis Oswald

| home_state5 = Switzerland

| popular_vote5 = 7 (first round)
5 (second round)

| image6 = 臺灣國際奧林匹克委員會執行委員吳經國_TAIWAN's_International_Olympic_Committee_Executive_Board_Member_Wu_Ching-kuo.jpg

| candidate6 = Wu Ching-kuo

| home_state6 = Chinese Taipei

| popular_vote6 = 6 (first round)
Eliminated (second round)

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The 125th IOC Session took place at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 7 to 10 September 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.coarg.org.ar/nota_act_0164.html |title=Visita de la Comisión Evaluadora del COI a Buenos Aires |trans-title=Visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission to Buenos Aires |date=2009 |publisher=Argentine Olympic Committee |website=coarg.org.ar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203043049/http://www.coarg.org.ar/nota_act_0164.html |archive-date=3 February 2010 |url-status=dead}} On 7 September, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected Tokyo as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Wrestling was restored to the Olympic sports program for 2020 and 2024. Thomas Bach was elected to an eight-year term as IOC President on 10 September.File:125th IOC session official logo.pngFile:Buenos Aires - Puerto Madero - Hilton Hotel - 20071208.jpg where the session was held]]

Session host city selection

The IOC received bids from two cities to host the 125th Session: the Argentine capital Buenos Aires and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur made bids. Buenos Aires was elected at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver which took place prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.[http://www.gz2010.cn/10/0212/10/5VAIVTOM007801VF.html]{{Dead link|date=June 2020}}

2020 Olympic host city election

{{see also|Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

The members of the IOC elected the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games on 7 September 2013. The candidates were Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid. Prior to the vote, the contest was considered to be close between the three cities. Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics. The results of the exhaustive ballot were as follows:

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colspan="5" | Election of the Host City of the 2020 Summer Olympics — ballot results
rowspan=2 | City

! rowspan=2 | Country

! colspan=3 style="background:silver;"| Round

style="background:silver;"| 1

! style="background:silver;"| Runoff

! style="background:silver;"| 2

style="text-align: left" | Tokyo

| style="text-align: left" | {{flagIOCteam|JPN}}

| 42 (44.68%)

| —

| 60 (62.50%)

style="text-align: left" | Istanbul

| style="text-align: left" | {{flagIOCteam|TUR}}

| 26 (27.66%)

| 49 (52.13%)

| 36 (37.50%)

style="text-align: left" | Madrid

| style="text-align: left" | {{flagIOCteam|ESP}}

| 26 (27.66%)

| 45 (47.87%)

| —

rowspan=2 style="width: 25%" | 125th IOC Session

! rowspan=2 style="width: 25%" | Vote details

! colspan=3 style="background:silver;"| Round

style="background:silver;"| 1

! style="background:silver;"| Runoff

! style="background:silver;"| 2

rowspan="4" style="text-align: center; center; background-color: #f9f9f9" | File:Olympic rings without rims.svgBuenos AiresArgentina

! style="text-align: right; background-color: #ddddff; font-size: 90%" | Eligible

| 94

| 94

| 96

style="text-align: right; background-color: #ddddff; font-size: 90%" | Participants

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style="text-align: right; background-color: #ddddff; font-size: 90%" | Valid ballots

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colspan="5" | Members unable to vote
colspan="2" style="background-color: #ddddff; font-size: 90%" | Members from countries with candidate cities

! colspan="3" style="background-color: #ddddff; font-size: 90%" | Other members

style="text-align: left" colspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tsunekazu Takeda
{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Antonio Samaranch, Marisol Casado, José Perurena
{{flagicon|TUR}} Uğur Erdener

| style="text-align: left" colspan="3" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacques Rogge (IOC president) (Under IOC rules the President is permitted to vote, but President Rogge elected not to participate in the vote at the 125th Session)

Following Madrid's elimination after a tie-breaking vote with Istanbul, the three Spanish IOC members were eligible to take part in the final round of voting.

=Reaction=

The announcement was met with jubilation from the Tokyo delegation and across Japan.{{cite web|title=Olympics 2020: Tokyo wins race to host Games|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/24002795|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=7 September 2013|archive-date=7 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607051921/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/24002795|url-status=live}} Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe, who had given a personal address during the presentation stage, said "I would like to thank everyone in the Olympic movement and we will host a wonderful Olympic Games." Japanese fencer Yuki Ota alluded to the 2011 earthquake in a statement to reporters, "After the earthquake everyone in Japan was depressed but now we have to make a dream come true."

Abe's role in the final stages of the bid, including his reassurances to the IOC that Fukushima radiation would not affect Tokyo, was considered to be a major asset. Tokyo's bid had also received support from Princess Hisako and Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.{{cite web|last=Bond|first=David|title=Olympics 2020: Why Tokyo is a 'safe pair of hands' to host Games|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/24006629|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=8 September 2013|archive-date=9 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909222304/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/24006629|url-status=live}} Madrid's bid was considered to have been hampered by Spain's weak economy and Istanbul's was considered to have been damaged by recent internal political instability and doping scandals, as well as match fixing in 2011.{{cite web|last=Gibson|first=Owen|title=Tokyo wins race to host 2020 Olympic Games|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/07/tokyo-host-2020-olympic-games|work=The Guardian|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=7 September 2013|archive-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908034522/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/07/tokyo-host-2020-olympic-games|url-status=live}}

IOC presidential election

On 10 September 2013, Thomas Bach of Germany was elected to succeed Jacques Rogge as IOC President, winning in two rounds of voting, over five other candidates. The results of the vote were as follows:

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! colspan="6" | Election of the 9th IOC President{{cite web|title=Thomas Bach elected new IOC President|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/thomas-bach-elected-new-ioc-president/208945|website=Olympic.org|date=10 September 2013|publisher=IOC|access-date=27 June 2020|archive-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707203300/https://www.olympic.org/news/thomas-bach-elected-new-ioc-president/208945|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-president-voting-figures/ioc-elect-bach-new-president-the-voting-figures-idUKBRE9890Y220130910 |title=IOC elect Bach new president – the voting figures |date=10 September 2013 |first=Ossian |last=Shine |work=Reuters |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072044/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-president-voting-figures/ioc-elect-bach-new-president-the-voting-figures-idUKBRE9890Y220130910 |url-status=dead }}

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| Candidate

| style="background:silver;"|Round 1

| style="background:silver;"|Runoff

| style="background:silver;"|Round 2

{{flagicon|Germany}} Thomas Bach

| style="text-align:center;"| 43

| style="text-align:center;" | —

| style="text-align:center;"| 49

{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Richard Carrión

| style="text-align:center;"| 23

| style="text-align:center;" | —

| style="text-align:center;"| 29

{{flagicon|Singapore}} Ng Ser Miang

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 56

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Denis Oswald

| style="text-align:center;"| 7

| style="text-align:center;" | —

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Sergey Bubka

| style="text-align:center;"| 8

| style="text-align:center;" | —

| style="text-align:center;"| 4

{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Wu Ching-kuo

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 36

| style="text-align:center;"| —

Election of new IOC members

Nine individuals were elected IOC members at the 125th IOC Session on 10 September:

Olympic gold order

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was awarded this highest IOC honor on Sunday 8 September after he relinquished his membership to focus on matters at home.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/9650368/dutch-king-willem-alexander-awarded-ioc-highest-honor |title=Dutch King given Olympic gold order |date=8 September 2013 |website=espn.co.uk |agency=Associated Press |access-date=27 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629190934/https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/9650368/dutch-king-willem-alexander-awarded-ioc-highest-honor |url-status=live }}

Potential new sports

The IOC considered wrestling, squash and baseball/softball to the program for the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/news/baseball-softball-squash-and-wrestling-make-cut-for-ioc-session-vote-in-buenos-aires/199833 |title=Baseball/softball, squash and wrestling make cut for IOC Session vote in Buenos Aires |date=29 May 2013 |website=Olympic.org |publisher=IOC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607170846/http://www.olympic.org/news/baseball-softball-squash-and-wrestling-make-cut-for-ioc-session-vote-in-buenos-aires/199833 |archive-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=dead}} Wrestling had been part of the Ancient Olympic Games and every Modern Olympic Games with the exception of the 1900 Paris Games, however in February 2013 it was dropped from the 2020 Olympic Program. Wrestling successfully campaigned at the 125th Session to be re-included in the 2020 program. The results of the vote on 8 September 2013 were:

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! colspan="6" | Election of the new sport for 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/wrestling-added-to-olympic-programme-for-2020-and-2024-games/208839 |title=Wrestling added to Olympic programme for 2020 and 2024 Games |website=Olympic.org |publisher=IOC |date=8 September 2013 |accessdate=9 September 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911122207/http://www.olympic.org/news/wrestling-added-to-olympic-programme-for-2020-and-2024-games/208839 |url-status=live }}

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| Sport

| style="background:silver;"|Round 1

Wrestling

| style="text-align:center;"| 49

Baseball/softball

| style="text-align:center;"| 24

Squash

| style="text-align:center;"| 22

=Baseball/softball=

Baseball was first included as a demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. It was again played as a demonstration sport at the Summer Olympics in 1912, 1936, 1956, 1964, 1984, and 1988. It was first included as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Baseball then featured at every Summer Olympic Games until the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where it made its last Olympic appearance.

Softball was included at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.

The governing bodies for baseball (International Baseball Federation) and softball (International Softball Federation) merged in 2013 to form the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The two sports each had a separate bid for joining the Olympic program.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2013/04/14/new-world-baseball-softball-body-born-at-historic-/75492541-8081-452d-a203-df3523006093 |title=New World Baseball Softball Body born at historic Tokyo Congress |website=ibaf.org |publisher=International Baseball Federation |date=14 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610230013/http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2013/04/14/new-world-baseball-softball-body-born-at-historic-/75492541-8081-452d-a203-df3523006093| archive-date=10 June 2013| url-status=dead}} Although Baseball and Softball were not successful in being included in the 2020 Olympic core program, in 2016 the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the WBSC successfully campaigned to have the two sports included in the 2020 Games as a one sport, two discipline event for a one-off appearance.

=Squash=

Squash is played in more than 185 countries and by millions of people worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://squash2020.com/world-squash-federation-welcomes-international-olympic-committee-sport-shortlist-decision-for-2020-games/ |title=World Squash Federation Welcomes International Olympic Committee Sport Shortlist Decision for 2020 Games |website=Squash2020.com |date=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821091047/http://squash2020.com/world-squash-federation-welcomes-international-olympic-committee-sport-shortlist-decision-for-2020-games/ |archive-date=21 August 2013 |url-status=dead }} It has been played at various international sporting events, including the Pan American Games since 1995, and the All-Africa Games since 2003. Squash has also been played at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games since 1998.

The sport is governed by the World Squash Federation.

=Wrestling=

Wrestling is practiced all around the world, officially in 177 countries, some of which participate in the Olympic Games in this sport alone. It was first introduced in the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC and was included in all the ancient Olympics from that date. Wrestling has featured at the modern Summer Games since the 1896 Olympics in Athens, and it has been a part of all modern Olympics except those in Paris in 1900. It was still included in the Olympic program at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Wrestling was initially dropped from the 2020 Olympic program; however, it was given the opportunity to be reselected for the 2020 and 2024 Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/21427455 |title=Wrestling to be dropped from 2020 Olympic Games |work=BBC Sport |date=12 February 2013 |accessdate=9 September 2013 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701064236/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/21427455 |url-status=live }}

The sport is governed by United World Wrestling.

See also

References

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