The International Olympic Committee will be anointed by a new president on Thursday because the SEB coe battles with six other candidates occupied the highest office in sports.
Twelve years after Thomas Bach was elected to the ninth president of IOC since its founding in 1984. years, 10. The leader will be chosen in A secret voting of 109 membersMade by an eclectic combination of copyrights, billionaire business people, sports managers and athletes from all over the world.
The term of office of the next president will include summer games in Los Angeles 2028. years, and in Brisbane in Australia four years later. The major decisions facing IOC include the selection of households for the Olympic Games in 2036. years, and possible Saudi Arabia in a mixture – an assessment of climate change on the global sports calendar and navigation of slowing the streaming services – quickly changing entertainment.
Here is everything you need to know.
When are the elections?
The elections for deciding the next IOC president takes place on Thursday 20. March in the luxury Hotel Steeling Costa Navarino in Greece.
Voting is set to start around 14 hours of GMT, with the outcome that results will probably deliver about 15 hours, depending on how much voting circuits are needed.
Who are candidates?
- Lord Cooe (Britain), 68, President of the World Athletics, the largest sport of the Olympics
- Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr (Spain), 65, IOC appraisal whose father was president since 1980. until 2001. years
- Morinari Watanabe (Japan), 66, President of the International Federation of Gymnastics
- Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe), 41, arranged Olympic swimmer and minister for sports in Zimbabwe who serves on the IOC Executive Board
- Prince Feisal Al Hussein (Jordan), 61, Brother of King Jordan who serves on the IOC executive board
- David Laptartient (France), 51, President of the World Cycling (UCI)
- Johanch Elich (Britain), 63, President of the International Federation for Ski and Snowboard, the largest sports sports sport.
How’s a voting job?
109 members will electronically throw voting for their preferred candidate. All members must be physically present and is not allowed to vote proxy.
The winning candidate must provide more than 50 percent of the vote for the overall majority. If the majority is not achieved in the first round of voting, then the candidate is eliminated with at least the number of votes, and six candidates pass through the sixth round where the voices are processed. The process continues until one candidate conquers more than 50 percent of the total votes in the given round.
The only members who cannot vote are the compatriots of the candidate in the process. Thus, for example, the other three French IOC members cannot be eliminated for the process until David Lappartient. However, candidates themselves can do, vote for themselves. Honorary members cannot vote.
Who will win the presidency?
It is difficult to predict, because members under strict instructions are not to publicly declare their loyalty. Co. is a highly valued figure in the world of sports and its role in charge of the Athletics, the largest sport of the Olympic Games, is fully standing, but it fully contains heads with high problems such as Russian sanctions.
Juan Antonio Samaranch is the name of the founding After his father served as president for two decades, and he has been a member more than 20 years compared to five years CoE within the organization.
41-year-old Coventry Kirsty Coventry – African Ligested Olympic – is also a serious candidate, with a silent basis of the current President Thomas Bach and the probable support of many women and recently retired among membership. She would be the first President of IOC and the first from Africa.
Prince Feisal Al Hussein is also a popular character within the IOC and is expected to command support from all over the world.