Unauthorized participants could take part in the voting
Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling and deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Jean Beleniuk said that the election of the President of the NOC is under threat.
According to him, 40 individuals were going to take part in the upcoming vote, whose delegation took place illegally – at the request of the current head of the NOC, Sergei Bubka.
In addition, some of them are active employees of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. Also, their legitimacy needs to be verified, as a result of which the NOC Committee appealed to the executive committee and the SBI.
Sergei Bubka will leave the post of NOC President in the near future – he will not stand as a candidate for a new presidential term at the NOC Assembly on November 17. Jean Beleniuk, Vadim Gutzeit and Igor Malinsky are running for the NOC presidency.
Olympic biathlon champion Elena Bilosyuk (Pidgrushnaya) withdrew her candidacy and will support Belenyuk in the elections. In turn, Bubka has repeatedly expressed his support for Vadim Gutsait.
Source: Sportarena
