By Karolos Grohmann PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) – Here is the breakdown of votes by the members of the International Olympic Committee to elect Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry as the next president of the organisation on Thursday: Possible votes: 97 Abstentions (including blank votes): 0 Valid votes: 97 Majority required: 49 Prince Feisal Al Hussein: 2 David […]
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By Karolos Grohmann
PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) – Here is the breakdown of votes by the members of the International Olympic Committee to elect Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry as the next president of the organisation on Thursday:
Possible votes: 97
Abstentions (including blank votes): 0
Valid votes: 97
Majority required: 49
Prince Feisal Al Hussein: 2
David Lappartient: 4
Johan Eliasch: 2
Juan Antonio Samarach Jr: 28
Kirsty Coventry: 49
Sebastian Coe: 8
Morinari Watanabe: 4
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Toby Davis)