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PARIS — Seven-time Olympic champion sprinter Allyson Felix and seven-time golf major winner Inbee Park are candidates in elections at the Paris Games to represent their fellow athletes at the IOC. The International Olympic Committee announced a list of 32 candidates for elections during the July 26-Aug. 11 games. About 10,500 athletes will be eligible to vote. Park took gold for South Korea when golf returned to the Olympics in 2016. She and Felix are among a slew of Olympic champions competing for four places in the 100-strong IOC membership. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is among four athletes whose eight-year IOC terms expire.
