Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry on shortlist to be next IOC president
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a seven-person shortlist of candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as president. Fellow Olympic champion Sebastian Coe, who won gold twice for Great Britain and helped London win the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games, is a leading candidate as is Jordan’s Prince Feisal Al Hussein and Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior of Spain. France’s Union Cycliste Internationale president David Lappartient, Japan’s Federation Internationale de Gymnastique president Morinari Watanabe and Johan Eliasch, the Swedish-British president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, round out the list. Bach, 70, succeeded Jacques Rogge as president in 2013, after beating five other candidates, including pole vaulting great Sergey Bubka, to the role.
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