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COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — The IOC is the undisputed champion of running the most tightly managed sports election. It's been compared by veteran Olympic watchers to a conclave to pick a pope. Some of the seven presidential candidates in the contest on Thursday in Greece have aired frustrations with getting limited access to their fellow International Olympic Committee members during a five-month campaign. The voters themselves will get minimal updates between rounds of casting secret ballots on election day. The IOC has published restrictive rules for campaigning and voting. One leading contender Sebastian Coe has said "It has been difficult to engage."
