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IOC presidential candidates pitch to Olympic voters in quirky closed-door event
Read full article: IOC presidential candidates pitch to Olympic voters in quirky closed-door eventBehind closed doors at the IOC seven candidates hoping to lead the Olympic body are making key pitches to an exclusive club of more than 100 voters.
Looking at campaign documents for 7 IOC members running to be president of the Olympic body
Read full article: Looking at campaign documents for 7 IOC members running to be president of the Olympic bodySeven International Olympic Committee members are running as candidates to be the next president in its first election since 2013.
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More questions on human rights for Beijing Winter Olympics
Read full article: More questions on human rights for Beijing Winter OlympicsA coalition of human-rights groups has met with the International Olympic Committee over calls to pull the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing. That was a constant theme at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Beijing wound up with the 2022 Winter Olympics almost by accident. The 2008 Olympics were supposed to change China. “In 2008 the international community strongly believed that bringing the Olympics to China would open up China,” Arkin said.