Russian Isinbayeva elected to IOC Athletes’ Committee
Dushanbe, 19.08.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been elected to the IOC Athletes’ Committee by 1,365 athlete votes, TASS reports.
The news was announced at a news conference held in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
All the athletes who are competing in the Rio Olympic Games elected the commission’s members. Twenty-three candidates ran for the four vacant positions.
The other three newly-elected members include German fencer Britta Heidemann (1,603), South Korean table tennis player Ryu Seung-min (1,544) and Hungarian swimmer Daniel Gyurta (1,469).
The mandate of four-time Olympic swimming champion Alexander Popov who has represented Russia at the IOC Athletes’ Commission is expiring on August 21.
Isinbayeva, 34, the holder of 28 world records, will give a news conference devoted to the end of her sport career in Rio de Janeiro on August 19.
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