The Luxury Resort Costa Navarino, in the Greek region of Mesenia, in the southwest of the Peloponnese, and bathed by the turquoise waters of the Ionic Sea, hosts since last Tuesday the 144th session of the session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)whose members will choose today … to the successor of Thomas Bach as president for the next eight years. A historical vote because seven candidates had never presented themselves to direct this or organism, including the Spanish Juan Antonio Samaranch, son of which he was president of the committee for 21 years.
A total of 106 members of the IOC can exercise their vote through an electronic device. At first they should be 109, but the China Hong Zhang, the Argentine Gerardo Werthein and the Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashitathey did not attend the session and will not vote. For a candidate to be elected president, he needs to have an absolute majority in a vote known for his strict norms and secrecy, to the point that he has become compared to the papal conclave. In case of not achieving it in the first vote, the applicant would be eliminated to get less support and go to a second round. The committee will inform the voters of the applicant that the cut does not pass, but not the total votes that the rest has received. So on, until one of the contestants finally obtains the majority.
To guarantee the confidentiality of the process, during votes the live transmission will be interrupted, which will be resumed when the name of the winner is known. In addition, COI members must deliver their mobile phones before entering the room. Nor can they support any candidacy publicly, or vote in favor of an applicant from their country. In the case of Spain, they are members with the right to vote Marisol Casado, outgoing president of the International Triathlon Federation, and the former basketball player Pau Gasol.
Among the seven candidates, the favorites with Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry and Juan Antonio Samaranch, current vice president of the IOC. Any of these three possible winners would enter the Olympic history: the Spanish would emulate his father, the great modernizer of the IOC; The Legend of Midfondo Coe would be the first British; and Coventry The youngest, with 41 years, in addition to the first woman and first African. «The subject with this type of voting can never be known, it is very difficult to know how to measure what the words of support are and when they will become votes, but I am very lively, it is the end of a great career. It has been a great project and has been worth it, ”said Samaranch yesterday.
Thomas Bach assumed the presidency of the IOC in 2013, becoming the first Olympic champion to occupy the position. Your succession will take place at a ceremony that will be held in LAUSANA (Switzerland) The Olympic day, that is, on June 23. Among the challenges that your successor must face are to maintain good relations with the United Nations in a complicated geopolitical context and prepare the Los Angeles Olympic Games 2028.
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