Profiles of IOC presidential candidates
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IOC names outgoing boss Bach as honorary president for life
PYLOS, Greece: Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was named honorary president for life on Wednesday, with the German due to step down in June after 12 years in charge.
Secret ballots, little time to campaign: Why IOC presidential election is too close to call
Just as she used to feel when she'd reach the final 200 metres of a race in the pool, Kirsty Coventry is leaning on adrenaline in the homestretch of her drive to become the International Olympic Committee's first female president.
IOC names outgoing boss Bach as honorary president for life
PYLOS, Greece : Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was named honorary president for life on Wednesday, with the German due to step down in June after 12 years in charge.
Front-runner Samaranch warns of unpredictability of IOC presidency vote
PYLOS, Greece : Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr is one of the front runners to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee but the Spaniard knows the unpredictability of the election by elimination that will take place on Thursday.
I am still in the IOC race, says cycling chief Lappartient
PYLOS, Greece : David Lappartient, one of seven candidates to head the International Olympic Committee, said on Wednesday the race ahead of Thursday's vote was still too close to call and he expected several rounds of voting for a majority result.
IOC session opens in ancient Olympia as presidential election looms
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece : The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will culminate with the election of a new president on Thursday.
The IOC will elect a new president this week. Here's what you need to know
Behind closed doors at a resort in Greece, with the cameras turned off, International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will choose a new president on Thursday at the organization's 144th session.