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World Athletics CEO

Jon Ridgeon, CEO of World Athletics, meets the press in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Aug. 20, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.

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IOC chief Bach

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach makes a speech in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 4, 2025.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Shinnosuke Yasuumi (front) from Japan acknowledges the crowd after placing third in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Shinnosuke Yasuumi from Japan is pictured after placing third in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Shinnosuke Yasuumi from Japan is pictured after placing third in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Hono Hamasaki from Japan performs in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025. She placed seventh.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Shinnosuke Yasuumi from Japan performs in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025. He placed third.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Shinnosuke Yasuumi from Japan performs in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025. He placed third.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Shinnosuke Yasuumi from Japan performs in the final of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2025. He placed third.

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IOC chief Bach

Screenshot shows International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaking at an online press conference after an executive board meeting of the body in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 20, 2024.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding champion Momiji Nishiya of Japan (C) poses for a photo after winning the women's street final at a Paris Olympics qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023, alongside compatriots Yumeka Oda (L) and Toa Sasaki, who finished second in the women's and men's events, respectively.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding bronze medalist Funa Nakayama of Japan competes in the women's street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding gold medalist Yuto Horigome competes in the men's street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding gold medalist Yuto Horigome competes in the men's street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Toa Sasaki of Japan competes en route to finishing second in the men's skateboarding street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Yumeka Oda of Japan competes en route to finishing second in the women's skateboarding street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Toa Sasaki of Japan competes en route to finishing second in the men's skateboarding street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Yumeka Oda of Japan competes en route to finishing second in the women's skateboarding street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding champion Momiji Nishiya of Japan smiles with the victor's trophy after winning the women's street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding champion Momiji Nishiya of Japan competes en route to winning the women's street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic qualifier in Lausanne

Tokyo Olympics skateboarding champion Momiji Nishiya of Japan competes en route to winning the women's street final at a Paris Olympic qualifying event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic street qualifier

Funa Nakayama of Japan competes in the women's street quarterfinal at the World Skateboarding Tour stop in Lausanne, Switzerland, an Olympic qualifying event, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic street qualifier

Momoji Nishiya of Japan competes in the women's street quarterfinal at the World Skateboarding Tour stop in Lausanne, Switzerland, an Olympic qualifying event, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Skateboarding: Olympic street qualifier

Yuto Horigome of Japan competes in the men's street quarterfinal at the World Skateboarding Tour stop in Lausanne, Switzerland, an Olympic qualifying event, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Athletics: Japan's Izumiya wins 110m hurdle at Diamond League event

Shunsuke Izumiya of Japan poses after winning the men's 110-meter hurdle race on June 30, 2023, in a Diamond League athletics championship event in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Athletics: Japan's Izumiya wins 110m hurdle at Diamond League event

Shunsuke Izumiya of Japan waves to spectators after winning the men's 110-meter hurdle race on June 30, 2023, in a Diamond League athletics championship event in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Athletics: Japan's Izumiya wins 110m hurdle at Diamond League event

Shunsuke Izumiya (L) of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 110-meter hurdle race on June 30, 2023, in a Diamond League athletics championship event in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Athletics: Japan's Izumiya wins 110m hurdle at Diamond League event

Shunsuke Izumiya (L) of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 110-meter hurdle race on June 30, 2023, in a Diamond League athletics championship event in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Kanata Ijima from Japan performs in the final of the 51st Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 4, 2023.

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Lausanne ballet competition

An Saito from Japan performs in the final of the 51st Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 4, 2023.

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Japanese ballet dancer Tetsuya Kumakawa

Japanese ballet dancer Tetsuya Kumakawa gives an interview in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2023.

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Japanese ballet dancer Tetsuya Kumakawa

Japanese ballet dancer Tetsuya Kumakawa gives an interview in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2023.

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Wrestling dropped for 2020 Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (R) is pictured before an IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 12, 2013. The meeting dropped wrestling from the Summer Olympic program from the 2020 Games.

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S. Korea's Park up before IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - South Korean soccer player Park Jong Woo heads for a disciplinary hearing by the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 11, 2013. The IOC held the hearing for Woo, who stirred controversy at the 2012 London Olympics by raising a banner in the bronze-medal match against Japan proclaiming his country's sovereignty over the Sea of Japan islets known as Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo by Koreans.

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Japanese ballet dancer Maeda

NARITA, Japan - Sae Maeda, a 15-year-old Japanese high school girl, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014, after coming second at an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, receives applause after winning an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Photo shows Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Photo shows Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Photo shows Haruo Niyama (C), a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally. At left is Sae Maeda, who was second, and at right is Mikio Kato, who was sixth in the competition.

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Refugee team to compete at Rio Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 3 Kyodo - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 2, 2016, after an executive board meeting. The IOC has decided to have a team made up of between five and 10 refugee athletes compete at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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IOC chief Bach explains Olympic Agenda 2020 at press meet

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, meets the press in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Nov. 18, 2014, regarding the Olympic Agenda 2020, a strategic road map for the future of the Olympic movement.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (L) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (R) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (L) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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IOC chief Bach meets press in Switzerland

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 9, 2014, after the July 2014 IOC Executive Board meeting.

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Tokyo Olympic head Mori visits IOC for 1st time

LAUSSANE, Switzerland - Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, visits the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the first time on June 18, 2014.

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IOC head Bach, U.N. chief Ban meet press in Lausanne

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet the press in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 17, 2014.

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IOC chief on protest zones in Sochi

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach holds a press conference after a meeting of the IOC's Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Dec. 10, 2013. Bach said the IOC was told by the organizing committee for the Sochi Winter Olympics that protest zones will be set up for demonstrations during the games.

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IOC presidential election

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee Vice President Thomas Bach answers reporters' questions after making a presentation as a candidate in the IOC presidential election during an IOC general meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 4, 2013.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - (From L) Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and newscaster Christel Takigawa pose for photos in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 3, 2013, at the venue for a presentation to pitch Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.