Watanabe running for IOC President

[OnoNoKomachi]

He picked a great time to launch his campaign /s

 

[Passion]

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

lol nice try

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Ahem.

 

[Denn]

He'll have robots competing against robots judged by robots.

With robot audiences.

 

[FrolovasDoubleLayout]

WTF! When you can't even stop the pots on your own stove from boiling over, you think you want to be master chef???

You've been CHOPPED!

 

[RedBirdie]

No idea if he got any votes at all, but Watanabe didn't finish top 3. The next IOC president will be Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe

Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, first African to be elected IOC president

Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas Bach.

www.nytimes.com

 

[irichluck21]

I love that!! First woman AND first African.

She was an incredible swimmer in her days!

 

[Passion]

Thank god it wasn't Watanabe.

 

[MaryClare]

Zimbabwe. That is going to be POPCORN

 

[makam]

"Not all candidates were as downbeat. Japan’s candidate Morinari Watanabe, the president of international gymnastics who came fourth with four votes, summed up his efforts succinctly afterwards. “Eight years gone in two minutes,” he said, smiling as he clapped his hands."

Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote

Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr suffered a crushing defeat in the first round of voting as Thomas Bach’s preferred successor secured a majority

www.theguardian.com

 

[RAFIKI]

The “as it happened” blog is quite entertaining, lots of technical issues and tedium.

Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote – as it happened

A vote expected to be tense, tight and protracted turned out to be one-sided and extraordinarily brief, ending with Kirsty Coventry’s election as IOC president

www.theguardian.com

 

[RedBirdie]

That live blog is amazing. Holy shit did that blogger have zero fucks to give.

Thanks to the IOC I am currently liveblogging the broadcast of an album subtitled Finest Bar Lounge Music. A pox on all their houses.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

Zimbabwe. That is going to be POPCORN

I guess if you're going to be in charge of an organisation run on bribes, backhanders and murky deals with shady despots, Zimbabwean politics is a great training ground.