China News Agency, Beijing, June 11 (local time) On the 10th local time, the International Olympic Committee held a meeting of the Executive Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting agreed to submit an application to the Plenary of the International Olympic Committee. Extended to the end of 2025.
At the same time, the International Olympic Committee nominated the IAAF President Sebastian Ke and five others as new members of the International Olympic Committee, including three female candidates. For the nomination of 5 people, the Executive Committee will submit an application at the Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee held online on July 17.
The International Olympic Committee said in a post-conference announcement that Yu Zaiqing’s membership of the International Olympic Committee should have expired on December 31, 2021, but taking into account Yu Zaiqing’s important role in Chinese sports and society , Agreeing to submit an application to the Plenary of the International Olympic Committee, the membership of the International Olympic Committee will be extended to Zaiqing until the end of 2025.
He entered the International Olympic Committee in 2000 and the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee in 2004. He served as the Vice President of the International Olympic Committee from 2008 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018, and was re-elected in 2018. Committee vice chairman so far. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Finish)