Coe among seven candidates to be new IOC president

World Athletics president Lord Coe has been named as one of seven confirmed candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president.

Britain’s two-time Olympic 1500m champion Coe faces competition from Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, France’s David Lappartient, Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, Japan’s Morinari Watanabe, Swede Johan Eliasch and Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan.

Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, is bidding to become the first woman and African to head the IOC.

The new IOC president will be elected at a session in ancient Olympia from 18-21 March 2025 and will take over in June of that year.