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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday to elect a new leader. Rain at Ancient Olympia meant the ceremonial opening of the four-day meeting could not take place at the Temple of Hera where the flame is lit before each Olympic Games edition. The candidates were joined under a nearby tented cover with all their colleagues in the 109-strong International Olympic Committee membership including outgoing president Thomas Bach. They vote Thursday in perhaps the most discreet and opaquely campaigned of sports elections.
