Lausanne, Switzerland, December 13, 2019: Thirty candidates, including five from Asian National Olympic Committees, have been nominated for four available positions on the IOC Athletes’ Commission. The elections will take place during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Nominated by their respective NOCs together with their NOC Athletes’ Commissions, the 30 candidates are from 30 NOCs and 19 summer sports. The athletes elected by their peers during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will replace the following members whose term of office will expire at the end of these Games: IOC Athletes’ Commission Chair Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe), Vice Chair Danka Bartekova (Slovakia), Tony Estanguet (France) and James Tomkins (Australia). In addition, an appointed member of the Commission, Stefan Holm (Sweden), will also end his term next year. All athletes competing at Tokyo 2020 will be able to vote for their representatives at the Athlete365 Space positioned at the entrance to the dining hall in the Olympic Village and at other sites such as the football cities and the sailing venue. The poll will be open from July 14 (the day the Olympic Village opens) to August 4, 2020. The IOC Athletes’ Commission is composed of a maximum of 23 members (12 members directly elected by their peers and a maximum of 11 appointed), who serve a term of eight years. The 30 candidates include: *Mutaz Aissa Barsham (Qatar, M, Athletics – high jump) *Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei, M, Badminton) *Oksana Chusovitina (Uzbekistan, F, Gymnastics *Mir Saeid Marouf Lakrani (Islamic Republic of Iran, M, Volleyball) *Yuki Ota (Japan, M, Fencing) Source: www.olympic.org
Five Asian athletes bid for IOC Athletes’ Commission
