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Melissa Woods

Australia's Olympics boss Chesterman gets IOC nod

Ian Chesterman has become the 13th Australian to serve as an International Olympic Committee member. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Ian Chesterman will fill the shoes of long-time sporting powerbroker John Coates, with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president elected as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member.

Chesterman was one of eight new members voted in at the IOC session in Paris on Wednesday.

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