On March twentieth the 109 members of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC)—a bunch that features the grand duke of Luxembourg, a former Costa Rican president and an Oscar-winning actress from Malaysia—will collect at a luxurious resort in Greece to elect their new president. The job is without doubt one of the strongest in world sport. Greater than 200 nations participate within the video games. The IOC’s funds is within the billions of {dollars} and plenty of sports activities depend on it to outlive. The outgoing president, Thomas Bach of Germany (pictured), has been a gradual hand on the tiller. Throughout his 12 years in workplace he has overseen a steep rise in income whereas steering the video games by way of the Russian doping scandal and the covid-19 pandemic. His successor will take cost at a time when tough selections loom.
