This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. As presidential elections go, it doesn't exactly have the juice of Harris vs.
Trump. But seven candidates have officially entered the race to succeed Thomas Bach as head of the International Olympic Committee next year when the German executive reaches the maximum 12 years in office.
Two Olympic gold medallists, the son of a former IOC president and the prince of a Middle East kingdom are among those running for the job, which comes with an eight-year term and the chance to renew for four more years after that.
The successful candidate will shepherd the Olympic "movement" through the 2026 and 2030 Winter Games (in northern Italy and the French Alps, respectively) and the 2028 and 2032 Summer Games (Los Angeles and Brisbane, Australia).