IOC presidential candidates pitch to Olympic voters in quirky closed-door event

FILE - The President of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee, Tony Estanguet, right, addresses the audience as IOC President Thomas Bach, left, watches during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.

FILE - The President of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee, Tony Estanguet, right, addresses the audience as IOC President Thomas Bach, left, watches during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)


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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Behind closed doors at the IOC seven candidates hoping to lead the Olympic body 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. It is open only to IOC members and those voters also are barred from asking questions of their seven colleagues competing for perhaps the most influential job in sports. The candidates are Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, Prince Feisal al Hussein, Johan Eliasch, David Lappartient and Morinari Watanabe.

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