IOC President Election 2025

[Gianlu33 6,055]

According to some rumors, Indonesia IOC member will support Watanabe at next election

[Dragon 2,082]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/25/inside-race-biggest-job-in-sport-can-sebastian-coe-win-ioc-presidency

[Dragon 2,082]

The rumours about the IOC election is that Samaranch and Coe are clearly the favourites now

[JoshMartini007 2,871]

I mean those were always the top 3 favourites. All this indirectly says is Coventry is probably out.

[Dragon 2,082]

5 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

I mean those were always the top 3 favourites. All this indirectly says is Coventry is probably out.

Yes, she's had a poor campaign

[Jur 700]

I'm guessing that INTERPOL-Searched Diack's BFF is losinbg badly, cause they dont have no choice but to resort to biased headlines.

 

Oh, what a pitty.

 

 

 

[phelps 8,766]

I know the Anglo-World never liked Juan Antonio Samaranch and they're going to be the same with his son, but they should only be grateful to him, because if it wasn't for Don Juan and South Korea, we wouldn't get any Olympic Games nowadays

 

he did really save the Olympics from the delusions of omnipotence of the politicians ruling the World at that time and from the crazy race to extreme doping of the late Eighties...and if he did something that might be considered "controversial", those who followed him on the sport's more important armchair have been way worse (especially the 1976 Olympic Champion himself, who almost destroyed the Olympics)

[heywoodu 16,468]

30 minutes ago, phelps said:

I know the Anglo-World never liked Juan Antonio Samaranch and they're going to be the same with his son, but they should only be grateful to him, because if it wasn't for Don Juan and South Korea, we wouldn't get any Olympic Games nowadays

 

he did really save the Olympics from the delusions of omnipotence of the politicians ruling the World at that time and from the crazy race to extreme doping of the late Eighties...and if he did something that might be considered "controversial", those who followed him on the sport's more important armchair have been way worse (especially the 1976 Olympic Champion himself, who almost destroyed the Olympics)

Just out of curiousity and besides personal preferences for this or that sport or event: what exactly, concretely, did Bach do that 'almost destroyed the Olympics'?

[Grassmarket 4,314]

31 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Just out of curiousity and besides personal preferences for this or that sport or event: what exactly, concretely, did Bach do that 'almost destroyed the Olympics'?

All those grandiose & expensive Winter Games that made it impossible for smaller countries to bid I'd say.

Edited March 16, 2025 by Grassmarket

[Monzanator 5,136]

What smaller countries ever hosted the Olympics though? Sarajevo 1984 is probably the last I can imagine and they would never host one in XXI century. The "grandiose" switch definitely happened in Winter Games, I'd never predict China hosting WOG even in early 00s. But the costs have driven many Summer OG candidates away, the bidding process is dead and IOC basically has to beg anyone to even come forward or else we'd have every Summer OG in the Middle East for a very long time.