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| Puerto Rico’s Carrion makes run for IOC presidency Posted: 22 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT BERLIN, May 22 — Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, with his long financial experience a powerful pitch in his quest for the world's top sports job. The 60-year-old Carrion, who is chairman of Puerto Rican lender Popular Inc, heads the IOC's finance commission and is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, becomes the third official candidate in the race to be decided on Sept. 10. "We have a lot at stake in this election," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "Our place in the world is not guaranteed. We must have a leader that knows how not just to manage the coming change, but also make it work for the IOC and the movement," said the soft-spoken Carrion. "We must embrace this ever-changing reality and keep innovating and evolving, or risk becoming less relevant to this and future generations." IOC Vice Presidents Thomas Bach from Germany and Singapore's Ng Ser Miang have already launched their campaigns while the head of the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) C.K. Wu is set to announce his bid tomorrow. — Reuters |
| CAS reject Murofushi appeal against IOC election block Posted: 22 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT BERLIN, May 22 — The Court of Arbitration for Sport have rejected Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi's appeal against the blocking of his election to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission, CAS said today. The court said the main reason for turning down his appeal was that the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) "did not comply with applicable rules and regulations". The London 2012 bronze medallist and the JOC had opted to appeal to CAS after the IOC barred him from the commission over election rules violations. Taiwanese Athens 2004 Games taekwondo gold medallist Chu Mu-yen was also excluded for similar reasons and his CAS appeal was rejected in March. Murofushi and Chu were excluded on charges they had campaigned inappropriately, in the wrong places and using methods that were against the rules. "The IOC welcomes the CAS decision and looks forward to working with Danka Bartekova, James Tomkins, Kirsty Coventry and Tony Estanguet, who are expected to be proposed... for election at the July 2013 Extraordinary Session in Lausanne following expiry of the 28-day appeal period," the IOC said. French canoeing gold medalist Estanguet, Zimbabwean swimmer Coventry, Australia's former Olympic rowing champion Tomkins and Slovakian shooter Bartekova were elected to the commission. — Reuters |
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