US EditionInternational Olympic Committee new president decided in first round
- A new president of the International Olympic Committee will be elected on March 20, 2025, marking the 10th leader in the organization's 131-year history.
- Voting by around 100 eligible members is set to begin at 4 p.m. Local time, with results expected shortly after.
- Kirsty Coventry, if elected, would become the first woman and first African to lead the IOC.
- Outgoing president Thomas Bach will transition the IOC during an event that secured over $8 billion in revenue for the 2028 Olympic Games.
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Pioneer Press
It’s election day for the IOC, choosing a new leader in a hard-to-call, 7-candidate contest
By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Associated Press Sports Writer COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — A new president of the IOC will be elected Thursday, just the 10th leader in its 131-year history after one of the most open Olympic elections in decades. The winner will get an eight-year mandate with key issues including steering the Olympics on a smooth path in politics and sports toward the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles and picking a host for the 2036 edition. …
International Olympic Committee new president decided in first round
The next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), one of the most powerful people in sport, has been elected on Thursday. The successor to Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was decided after just one round of voting on Thursday, in Costa Navarino, Greece.
Traverse City Record-Eagle
It's election day for the IOC, choosing a new leader in a hard-to-call, 7-candidate contest
A new president of the IOC will be elected Thursday as just the 10th leader in its 131-year history after one of the most open Olympic elections in decades. The winner will get an eight-year mandate with key issues including…
Hastings Tribune
It's election day for the IOC choosing a new Olympics leader in a hard-to-call 7 candidate contest
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — A new president of the IOC will be elected Thursday, just the 10th leader in its 131-year history after one of the most open Olympic elections in decades.
The 'secretive and strange' battle for the most powerful role in sport
The eclectic members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are gathering in Greece to decide who will formally succeed Thomas Bach as the body's president at a ceremony in Switzerland on 23 June, "Olympic Day".The position of IOC president "carries significant diplomatic sway" not just in sport but in global politics, said The Guardian's chief sports reporter Sean Ingle. One of the first people to call Bach and congratulate him on winning…
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