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IOC Presidential Index (II), what Thomas Bach and his servants want to prevent: ranking and aptitude test
The IOC has further tightened the rules for the presidential election campaign and made them absurd beyond recognition. Debates are prohibited. Questions in the IOC plenary not allowed. This index compares and checks the suitability of the candidates – everything that the IOC leadership prohibits.
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Tommy's Girl (2): President-elect Kirsty Coventry
The first female president in the 131-year history of the IOC is Kirsty Coventry, a 41-year-old two-time Olympic champion from Zimbabwe. Kirsty Coventry is the president Thomas Bach wanted. Because Bach is convinced that Coventry is the best person to administer his legacy.
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Samaranch or Coventry, that is the question. Coe was not only thwarted, his performance remained surprisingly poor, as if he himself had never believed in becoming IOC president. Lappartient, Watanabe, Eliasch and Feisal just don't want to come in last. The water level report.
Tommy's Girl
Why Kirsty Coventry will become IOC president next week. What would have to happen to prevent it – an ethics complaint against Bach et al, for example. What the latest multi-billion dollar TV deal has to do with the election, and the dubious paths that led Coventry in the IOC in the first place.
IOC Presidential Index (III): Samaranch, the next chapter
There are not even ten full days to go to the election of the 10th president in the history of the International Olympic Committee. Nobody should completely rule out the option of the first female president, even if there is increasing resistance to the plans to install Kirsty Coventry.
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Germany's Olympic bid and the DOSB: fundamental disputes, disregard for parliament, incompetence, waste of money, irresponsibility and madness
Next week, I will provide German readers with exclusive background information on the Olympic bid. Since dubious websites such as Insidethegames are spreading unsorted nonsense, a mixture of propaganda and AI hallucinations, I'm offering the English-speaking audience a brief summary in the meantime.
Further allegations of corruption against India's Olympic lobbyist Tayyab Ikram
The IOC and the International Hockey Federation (FIH) have been protecting Tayyab Ikram, the dubious Olympic wheeler-dealer, for many years. New allegations also weigh heavily on India's bid for the 2036 Olympic Games, where Ikram is allegedly cashing in as a lobbyist in a variety of ways.
Facing three years in prison: former Biathlon president Besseberg loses his appeal
Today, the Court of Appeal set Anders Besseberg's sentence at three years' imprisonment and confiscation of assets worth just over NOK 1 million. The prosecution hopes that the second conviction will raise awareness of the risk of corruption in Olympic federations and have a preventive effect.
ITTF Tribunal dismisses appeal by Khalil Al-Mohannadi and QTTA and declares May 2025 election lawful
As expected, Swede Petra Sörling remains ITTF President (and IOC member ex officio). We're still awaiting the results of the investigations by the ITTF Integrity Unit, which is looking into the attempted coup at the ITTF Congress in Doha and the allegations of corruption against Khalil Al-Mohannadi.