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Coe 'feels momentum' in tight election race for IOC presidency

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March 20, 2025

Sebastian Coe feels he has momentum as the race to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee reaches its final hours.

- Sean Ingle

Coe 'feels momentum' in tight election race for IOC presidency

Most experts believe that the seven-strong contest to be the next leader of global sport is on a knife-edge, with Coe one of the "big three" alongside the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, the favourite, and Kirsty Coventry, who would be the first female president of the IOC.

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