No suspense in sight at the International Ski Federation (FIS). Its president since last June, Johan Eliasch, will be reappointed for a second term of 4 years during the next elective congress, scheduled for May 26 in Milan (Italy). The leader with dual nationality, Swedish and British, is the only candidate for the presidential post. Johan Eliasch was very widely elected as president of the FIS in June 2021, with 65% of the votes. He beat his three rivals, the Swiss Urs Lehmann, the British Sarah Lewis and the Swede Mats Arjes, to succeed Gian Franco Kasper, who died the following month at the age of 77. Johan Eliasch will therefore lead the FIS during the new Olympiad, until 2026. Nothing is certain, however, for the 18 places on the council of the body, where 23 candidates are applying. Among the new candidates, not yet present on the board, include the Austrian Patrick Ortlieb, Olympic downhill champion at the Albertville Games in 1992, and Anne-Chantal Pigelet, the new president of the French Ski Federation (FFS).
