The race for the presidency of the International Ski Federation (FIS) is gaining momentum. After the Swedes John Eliasch, boss of the Head group, and Mats Årjes, president of the national Olympic committee, and the Swiss Urs Lehmann, a fourth candidate is launching the battle for the succession of Gian Franco Kasper. A candidate, rather. The British Sarah Lewis, 55, former general secretary of the FIS, announced her decision to run for the presidential post. An announcement which comes six months almost to the day after her ouster from the FIS, where she had been employed for around twenty years. Sarah Lewis explains in a press release that she wants to further integrate the 135 national associations and athletes into the management of the FIS, but also to lead a digital transformation to strengthen the commercial potential of the international body, and finally to introduce reforms in governance. Unable to be presented by Great Britain, whose federation has already chosen to support John Eliasch, Sarah Lewis is presented by Belgium. The election for the presidency of the FIS is scheduled for June 4 in virtual mode. In 97 years of history, the FIS has had only five presidents, but no president yet.
