Meeting on Wednesday in Lausanne, the General Assembly of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) proceeded to the election of four new members for its board of directors. Nenad Lalovic, president of United World Wrestling, Jean-Christophe Rolland, President of World Rowing and Andreas Zagklis, Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation, were elected for four years. Nenad Lalovic will thus begin his second term, while Jean-Christophe Rolland and Andreas Zagklis succeed Uğur Erdener and Sebastian Coe, who were unable to run again.
The 49th ASOIF General Assembly took place today in Lausanne with many significant items: elections of four Council members, ASOIF's future strategic plan, admission of World Boxing as Associate Member and reports from IOC and OCOGs.
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Ximena Restrepo, Senior Vice President of World Athletics, was elected for two years, for the simple reason that she is taking over the seat left vacant by President Ingmar De Vos, which he was supposed to occupy until 2027. Mohammed Jalood (President of the IWF), Thomas Konietzko (President of the ICF) and Marco Scolaris (President of the IFSC) were also candidates. Among other notable decisions taken on Wednesday, The General Assembly admitted World Boxing as an associate member of ASOIF.
