As election for IOC president looms, what is the job and who are the 7 candidates?
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FILE - International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach addresses the audience during the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, Aug. 10, 2024. FILE - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe of Britain, shown in 2022, is among seven candidates to become president of the International Olympic Committee. He was a 1980 and 1984 Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters. FILE - International Olympic Committee member Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, shown in 2020, is a candidate to be IOC president and would be the first woman to hold the position. She was a two-time Olympic swimming champion.
Seven candidates are competing for one of the biggest and best jobs in world sports that traditionally becomes available only every 12 years.
