LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Behind closed doors on Thursday, seven candidates hoping to lead the International Olympic Committee are making key pitches to an exclusive club of more than 100 voters. The only set-piece campaign event before the March 20 election in Greece lets each candidate make a 15-minute presentation that will not be broadcast and is open only to IOC members. Those voters also are barred from asking questions of their seven c…

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Behind closed doors in Lausanne, 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.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 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. The only set-piece campaign event before the March 20 poll in Greece let each candidate speak for 15 minutes only to IOC members who include royal family members and former heads of government plus sports officials and for…

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A great oral to mark your difference and convince: the seven candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, including David Lapparent, passed a crucial test on Thursday morning against the members of the supreme body of world sport, to succeed the German Thomas Bach in March.

Un grand oral pour marquer sa différence et convaincre : les sept candidats à la présidence du Comité international olympique, dont David Lappartient, ont passé jeudi matin un test crucial face aux membres de l’instance suprême du sport mondial, pour succéder en mars à l’Allemand Thomas Bach.

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