gotosy 493 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wu out in first ballot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 a new IOC president was elected in 2nd round Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Filipe_Golias 20 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Over after two ballots? Crushing win for Bach, it seems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 It's Bach...whom else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Winner to be revealed in one hour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Whoopi Goldberg!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kenadian 300 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 It would be a shock if it isn't Bach. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PyroKinesis 61 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I really like this guy. Personable, talks at a reasonable speed, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor Mata 272 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 So, Munich 2022 is out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thomas Bach is the 9th IOC President Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 The IOC should really streamline their sessions. It's also so clunky and so outdated. And that room is the oddest yet they have picked. Sheesh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 from twitter Steve Wilson @stevewilsonap Bach won with 49 votes in 2nd round; Carrion had 29 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 IOC MEDIA @iocmedia Results IOC president election Round 2: Thomas Bach: 49 Sergey Bubka: 4 Richard Carrion: 29 Ser Miang Ng: 6 Denis Oswald: 5 #ba2013 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Faster 545 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 You missed the point. There are plenty of very prestigious international golf tournaments already. They offer the winners big money, not medals. Those tournaments will always be held in higher esteem than the Olympic Games, therefore adding golf to the Olympic program serves no purpose. It's just another big tournament for a bunch of very wealthy players. It's pointless. Plus, the venue is very large and expensive, not to mention environmentally unfriendly due to heavy reliance on pesticides and other chemicals. I'd much rather see squash. I think an apt comparison is tennis. Tennis players have the same monetary motivations and the same style of calendar as golfers yet they all stump to the Olympics and play for country. I know that tennis players play for country more often than golfers because of Davis and Fed Cup but it is not like anyone turns down the chance to play in the Ryder or Presidential Cup tournaments either. That said golf's biggest weakness is how congested the top tiers of the sport are with Americans and Brits. To fill out the Olympic tournament right now you have to into the 500's of world ranking and a lot of top end name recognizable players will be left out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kenadian 300 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 First Olympic gold medalist to head the IOC. Bach won a team fencing gold in Montreal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Carrion did pretty well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian2004 511 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 And so the very obvious has happened. I must say that that alliance Bach apparently had with that sleazy Kuwaiti sheikh has curbed my anticipation of a Bach presidency quite a bit. But I hope nevertheless (or rather, all the more) that it will be a decent and successful presidency for the IOC. As I said before, I don't see Munich's chances for 2022 harmed - just like Avery Brundage probably wasn't the reason for Detroit's defeats under his reign. It's interesting, though, that this IOC session made so many conservative decisions: Olympic Games in reliable Tokyo, wrestling kept in the Games programme, and now the most obvious candidate as new president. Not that I'd oppose those decisions, but it's interesting that the IOC seems to give itself a bit of relief from the recent "new frontier" years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
world atlas 72 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Voting Results Round 1: Thomas Bach: 43 Sergey Bubka: 8 Richard Carrion: 23 Ser Miang Ng: 6 Denis Oswald: 7 Ching-kuo Wu: 6 Round 1 tie-break: Ser Miang Ng: 56 Ching-kuo Wu: 36 Round 2: Thomas Bach: 49 Sergey Bubka: 4 Richard Carrion: 29 Ser Miang Ng: 6 Denis Oswald: 5 IOC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FYI 1191 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 If there were a German city running in this particular session, then yeah, Bach's running would've harmed their chances. But that wasn't the case here. I don't see Detroit's comparison relevant either. Since their campaigns were for Summer Games. While Munich would be a Winter bid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian2004 511 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 If there were a German city running in this particular session, then yeah, Bach's running would've harmed their chances. But that wasn't the case here. I don't see Detroit's comparison relevant either. Since their campaigns were for Summer Games. While Munich would be a Winter bid. Why should there be a difference between summer and winter bids in that regard? They are basically Olympic bids following the same voting principles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FYI 1191 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Because the Summer Olympics are much more prestigious than the Winter Games. Therefore they are much more vigorously sought after for by cities. Not to mention the importance of the topography to the Winter Games, which not many cities around the world have the luxury of having. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Coates elected 70-12 as VP of IOC. Rogge still announcing Edited September 10, 2013 by intoronto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Down to Anita De Frantz Vs Richard (Dick) Pound for the Executive board. Edited September 10, 2013 by intoronto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Bubka is actually the least popular in the end...down to only 4 votes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Anita DeFrantz 41 votes Richard Pound 40 votes 2 abstentions Wow so close Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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