Lausanne (Switzerland), Jan 31 (UNI) Seven candidates made presentations for the running of the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Olympic House here.
The order of the presentations was determined by a draw in November, with Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan starting first, followed by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) president David Lappartient, International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) president Johan Eliasch, IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., Zimbabwe's Olympic swimming champion and sports minister Kirsty Coventry, World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe and International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) president Morinari Watanabe.
Each made a 15-minute presentation to the IOC Members at a close-door in-camera meeting on Thursday and the new IOC president will be elected at the 144th IOC Session in Greece on March 18-21.