At the Utah Olympic Park near Park City on a hot Saturday afternoon, Bach marched up a steep, pebble-covered hillside to the massive 80-foot-by-180-foot inflatable airbag used by snowboarders to practice their big air moves in the summer, ignoring plans to briefly view it from a balcony.

Leaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with IOC President Tomas Bach during their trip to Utah.

All seven met a deadline of Sunday to send a letter of intent to Bach, who must leave the post next year after reaching the maximum 12 years in office. Bach declined at the Paris Olympics last month to seek to change IOC rules in order to stay in office longer.

World Athletics president Lord Coe is among seven candidates vying to replace Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee .Bach announced at the Paris Olympics last month that he will step down after his second

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is set to spend Sept. 27 and 28 in Utah during a trip to the United States.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was all smiles as he greeted reporters gathered at the Salt Lake City International Airport’s Hoberman Arch on Friday. Making his first visit to Utah since the 2002 Winter Games,

Thomas Bach is the president of the International Olympic Committee. He was visiting various sites in Utah that are expected to be used during the 2034 Winter Olympics, which are set to be hosted in.