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Seven eye finish line in race to succeed Olympics chief Bach
Gulf Today
|March 18, 2025
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is nearing the finish with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry widely seen to be clear of the remaining quartet.
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Any of those three would be a historic winner in the election in Greece on Thursday.
Samaranch would emulate his father of the same name and become the first father and son to be crowned president, Coe would be the first Briton and Zimbabwean Coventry the youngest at 41, and both the first woman and African.
Nevertheless, surprises from the electorate of 100-plus IOC members cannot be ruled out in the battle to become the most powerful figure in sport governance.
Ski federation chief and renowned environmentalist Johan Eliasch, Morinari Watanabe, president of the gymnastics federation, cycling head David Lappartient, and Prince Feisal al-Hussein make up the heavyweight field.
Whoever wins will take over a financially secure body, but those calm waters are muddied by a febrile geopolitical situation.
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