Bach, who visited the International Broadcasting Center of Pyeongchang Olympics on 13th, accepted an interview with the Japanese media.

Among them, Bach said that the Korean and North Korean teams entered together at the opening ceremony at the Pyong Chang convention and that they formed the first joint team of ice hockey girls in the history of Olympic Games " We can open doors for peace, and this time we were able to become a bridge between the two countries, I think that I could show the spirit and value of the Olympic Games. "

Besides, "We are receiving an invitation from the Olympic Committee of North Korea and are adjusting the schedule, we will talk about how we will support the North Korean players," said North I made it clear that I plan to visit Korea.

In addition, regarding the systematic doping problem that Russia was not allowed to participate as a national, it was said that "it was to protect the clean players who participate" With regard to the anti-doping measures of Pyeongchang, "To strengthen the seizure of offenders, we have taken 14,000 samples for the players in approximately 60 countries by the beginning of this month, We are doing doping inspection. "

And for the Tokyo competition two years later I evaluated "I am very satisfied with the reduction of the expenses for the convention promoted by the IOC.