Lord Coe says his pitch to be the first British president of the International Olympic Committee "seems to have landed well".
Hope, experience, integrity and engaging with the youth of today were some of the messages the seven candidates bidding to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee delivered to their fellow members on Thursday.
The seven hopefuls vying to succeed outgoing International Committee President (IOC) Thomas Bach presented their key pitches to over 100 exclusive
Only a few people around the world know the name Thomas Bach and even fewer can rattle off those of the seven candidates out to replace him in March after 12 years as president of the International Olympic Committee.
BERLIN – International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry does not have outgoing president Thomas Bach working on her election bid despite a good relationship for more than a decade, she said on Jan 27.
Candidates for president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have criticized the strict rules for the election campaign to succeed Thomas Bach. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, one of the favourites among the seven candidates,
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee is heating up, with seven candidates vying for the influential position. The role wields immense political and financial power in global sports,
Behind closed doors, seven candidates hoping to lead the International Olympic Committee made key pitches on Thursday to about 100 voters in perhaps the most elusive and opaque election in world sports.
Sebastian Coe has said the Olympic movement is central to his identity and his life after making his pitch to be International Olympic Committee president to the organisation’s members in Lausanne on Thursday.
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe's sports minister and two-time Olympic champion, is among the candidates vying to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee. If successful, she would be the first African and female to hold the position,