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Lord Coe must become IOC chief – his rivals are fatally compromised

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The International Olympic Committee’s absurdly secretive presidential election is taking place in Costa Navarino , Greece .

Seven candidates have been barred from publishing campaign videos, arranging public meetings or taking part in public debates.

All that will be publicly seen, at around 3pm GMT on Thursday , is outgoing leader Thomas Bach turning over a piece of paper bearing the name of the president-elect.

It seems unthinkable that an organisation committed to change would acquiesce in putting two generations of the same family in charge within 25 years .

This is a body crying out for reform, not a shameless display of nepotism.

Samaranch Jnr has been assailed over the past 24 hours by concerns, raised with the IOC ’s ethics department, that two Chinese members are eligible to vote for him despite sitting on the board of his family foundation.

One other major threat to Coe comes from Kirsty Coventry , the former Olympic swimming champion from Zimbabwe who, crucially, has Bach 's backing.

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