BWF President wants changes to IOC voting

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Raphaël Sachetat
– November 5, 2014Posted in: news
Not even a year after he was elected as an IOC Council Member, Denmark’s Poul-Erik Hoyer voiced an idea which could revolutionize the institution. In an interview given to the […]

Not even a year after he was elected as an IOC Council Member, Denmark’s Poul-Erik Hoyer voiced an idea which could revolutionize the institution. In an interview given to the online portal insidethegames.biz, the President claimed that IOC voting on city bids should be made public instead of the current process, which involves anonymous votes.

“I believe a more open and transparent process will create a stronger appeal to both countries and cities who could have an interest to make a bid for the Olympic Games,” the Dane told insidethegames.

“The Olympic Movement and the bid cities has over the years become more and more professional in how they approach a bid. The investment is quite substantial. Therefore, it will be of a greater interest in knowing the full story about who is voting in favour and who is voting against and to analyse the process.

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About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.