IOC concerned about cancellation of IBA presidential re-election

KAZAN, September 25, Vadim KuznetsovThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) is extremely concerned about the cancellation of the presidential elections of the International Boxing Association (IBA), as a result of which the Russian Umar Kremlev remained as head of the organization, the IOC press service reported. . Then he remained the only candidate after his rival Boris van der First was removed from the election. The Dutchman challenged this decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and won the case. Kremlev and van der First were to be candidates for the presidency in the new elections. On Sunday, at an extraordinary IBA congress, representatives of national federations voted against holding a re-election of the organization's president. shortly before the IBA congress for controversial reasons, as well as the chaotic circumstances of the voting procedure,» the IOC said in a statement. The IOC had previously announced that the Olympic boxing tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris would not be held under the auspices of the IBA, despite the fact that The IOC has not yet determined the conditions for qualification.» Following these disturbing developments, the IOC Executive Board will have to fully review the situation at its next meeting. This follows previous decisions by the IOC Executive Board, including the decision to suspend the IBA from hosting boxing events at the Paris Olympics , and t as well as the qualifying competitions for the boxing of the 2024 Games and on maintaining the suspension of the federation itself. Boxing was also not included in the sports program of the 2028 Olympic Games,” the message added. , but at the Tokyo Games it was conducted by a special commission of the IOC.In December 2020, Russian Umar Kremlev was elected head of the IBA.