Seven candidates are in the running for the prestigious position of International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, a role that becomes available only every 12 years. The election, scheduled for March, will see one of these candidates succeed Thomas Bach, the current president who will step down in June after serving the maximum 12-year term.
The candidates include Prince Feisal al Hussein from Jordan, Sebastian Coe from the UK, Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe, Johan Eliasch from Sweden-Britain, David Lappartient from France, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. from Spain, and Morinari Watanabe from Japan.
