Ota to run as IOC athlete member | NHK News

Mr. Ota to run as an IOC athlete member September 10 21:17

IOC = Yuji Ota, Chairman of the Japan Fencing Association, will run as an athlete member of the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC has selected a maximum of 23 members from among current and former players as “athlete members” for a term of eight years in order to make use of athletes' opinions on the operation of the Olympic Games.

The IOC has called for candidacy because some of the elections will be held next year at the Tokyo Olympics, and JOC decided to recommend Chairman Ota to the Athlete Committee at the board meeting held by the Japan Olympic Committee on the 10th.

Mr. Ota was praised for being active on the international stage as a vice chairman of the International Fencing Federation.

JOC executive director Retsu Fukui said, “If you are elected as an athlete committee member, you will not only be able to communicate the voices of Japanese athletes directly, but you will also be able to demonstrate international leadership as Japan. I decided that I could communicate Japanese opinions on the stage well. "

Candidates will be approved by the IOC Executive Board, and elections will be held by all athletes from the opening day of the Tokyo Olympic athlete village on July 17, next year, and a new committee member will be announced on August 5.

Also, the JOC board meeting on the 10th was held for the first time after it was decided not to make it public to the media for reasons such as “I want to make discussions more active”.

According to the JOC, Mr. Yasuhiro Yamashita said that about 80% of the 21 directors had opinions and questions about the remarks of the directors, which were rarely seen so far. I was able to discuss it. ”