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Readers of British magazine SportsPro see Bubka as next IOC president

Readers of British magazine SportsPro see Bubka as next IOC president

President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Serhiy Bubka leads a poll conducted by the British magazine SportsPro among its readers to decide who should become the next president for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Bubka won 40.66% of the votes of the magazine's readers. He was followed with a wide margin of votes by President of the German National Olympic Committee and IOC Vice-President Thomas Bach (19.78%), and IOC Vice-President from Singapore Ng Ser Miang (14.29%), President of the International Rowing Federation Denis Oswald gained (13.19%), President of the International Boxing Association Ching-Kuo Wu (6.59%), and Chair of the IOC finance department Richard Carrion (5,49%).

The election of new IOC president is scheduled for September 10, 2013 in Buenos Aires.

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