presidential

Secret ballots, little time to campaign: Why IOC presidential election is too close to call

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Just as she used to feel when she’d reach the final 200 metres of a race in the pool, Kirsty Coventry is leaning on adrenaline in the homestretch of her drive to become the International Olympic Committee’s first female president. The seven-time Olympic medallist from Zimbabwe is one of three front-runners to replace Thomas Bach, … Read more

Warming climate should be top priority, Olympians urge IOC presidential hopefuls

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Canadian freestyle skier Philippe Marquis has always felt most at home in the mountains, his playground a postcard of snow-capped beauty. But the two-time Olympian has watched the place he loves most change over his time in the sport, all because of a warming climate. Less than a decade ago, he would train into the … Read more