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Six candidates will compete in the election for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 125th IOC Session on 10 September 2013 in Buenos Aires.

The six – Thomas Bach, Sergey Bubka, Richard Carrión, Ser Miang Ng, Denis Oswald, and Ching-Kuo Wu – officially announced their candidacies by the deadline of midnight on 6 June.
The candidates will present their programmes, in camera, to the full IOC membership on the occasion of the Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne on 3 and 4 July 2013. 
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Six candidates to run for IOC presidency - Olympic News

The six – [Thomas Bach](http://www.olympic.org/mr-thomas-bach), [Sergey Bubka](http://www.olympic.org/mr-sergey-bubka), [Richard Carrión](http://www.olympic.org/mr-richard-l-carrion), [Ser Miang Ng](http://www.olympic.org/mr-ser-miang-ng), [Denis Oswald](http://www.olympic.org/mr-denis-oswald), and [Ching-Kuo Wu](http://www.olympic.org/mr-ching-kuo-wu) – officially announced their candidacies by the deadline of midnight on 6 June.

The candidates will present their programmes, in camera, to the full [IOC membership](http://www.olympic.org/ioc-members-list) on the occasion of the Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne on 3 and 4 July 2013.

For more information, please contact the IOC Media Relations Team:  
Tel: +41 21 621 6000, email: [pressoffice@olympic.org](mailto:pressoffice@olympic.org), or visit our website at [www.olympic.org](http://www.olympic.org/).

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YouTube: [www.youtube.com/iocmedia](http://www.youtube.com/iocmedia)

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To request archive photos and footage, please contact our Images team at: [images@olympic.org](mailto:images@olympic.org)

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<p>Six candidates will compete in the election for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 125th IOC Session on 10 September 2013 in Buenos Aires.</p>

Six candidates to run for IOC presidency

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