Four among the seven candidates for the post of IOC president lead an international federation. While Morinari Watanabe presides over the FIG, Johan Eliasch heads the FIS, Sebastian Coe heads World Athletics, and David Lappartient heads the UCI. However, no president of an international federation has been elected so far in the history of the IOC. Not an obstacle according to the Frenchman, who firmly believes in his chances. “International federations can sometimes be powerful and to arouse a certain fear. But I have a second role, that of president of the French National Olympic Committee", he points out in an interview with Reuters, recalling that Thomas Bach and Jacques Rogge were respectively presidents of the German and Belgian NOCs. « I am also in the case of a NOC president who is a candidate. I know this important aspect of Olympism. I would say that it's an advantage to be both president of an NOC and an international federation", the Breton believes. Will he succeed in convincing the IOC members that his dual role makes him the right man? The answer will be known on Thursday afternoon.
