Olympics-Just one round of voting needed to elect new IOC president


Olympics - 144th IOC Session including the election of IOC President - Costa Navarino, Pylos, Greece - March 20, 2025 General view as International Olympic Committee (IOC) members vote for the inclusion of Boxing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics during the 144th IOC Session REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) - Only one round of voting was required on Thursday to elect the next president of the International Olympic Committee with the winner to be announced within the hour.

The race for the most powerful job in world sport reached its conclusion just minutes after IOC members cast their ballots at a luxury seaside resort in Greece’s southwestern Peloponnese.

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