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IOC President Thomas Bach attends Olympic women’s ski jumping debut

Thomas Bach

Newly elected IOC President Thomas Bach arrives for the UEFA European Women’s Volleyball Championship semifinal match Germany vs Belgium in Berlin, Germany on September 13, 2013. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

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The highly-anticipated Olympic debut for women’s ski jumping at RusSki Gorki Jumping Center had International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in attendance.

Bach, a former Olympic gold medalist in fencing, got to witness a fellow German, Carina Vogt, claim the first-ever gold in the discipline.

One would assume that he thought both the competition and the outcome were “wunderbar” - even if he does look a little pre-occupied here.

Sochi Olympics Ski Jumping Women

IOC President Thomas Bach listens on the phone as he watches the women’s normal hill ski jumping final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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