Fourth term in sight for Alisher Usmanov as president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE). According to the agency TASS, the Russian billionaire launched his candidacy for the next elections of the international body, scheduled for November 27 in Lausanne. He was nominated by the Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) before the deadline for submitting applications, set for Monday October 18. The FIE did not specify whether Alisher Usmanov was the only candidate in the running for the top position, but it seems difficult to imagine an opponent standing in his way. Elected for the first time in 2008 against the outgoing president, Frenchman René Roch, then re-elected in 2012 and 2016, the Russian is considered one of the most generous international sports leaders in the Olympic movement. At the head of a fortune estimated by Forbes at 12 billion dollars, Alisher Usmanov has personally contributed several tens of millions of dollars to the FIE budget since his first election, after the 2008 Beijing Games.
