Coventry was elected as the 10th president of the IOC, following voting at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, in March this year. She succeeds Bach, whose 12-year tenure officially ended on Monday.
After Brisbane was chosen last month to host the 2032 Summer Games, the IOC enjoys a queue of suitors to host the Olympics in 2036, 2040, and even beyond.
Bach also called for confidence and trust in getting out of the crisis, highlighting solidarity and digitalisation as two examples of the lessons they have learned and are putting into action with Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
“Our common target is safe and secure games for everybody; for the athletes, for all the delegations, and most importantly also for the Chinese people -- Japanese people,” Bach said, catching his mistake quickly.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had no comment on the letter.
