Meeting in Tokyo following the election of its new members, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes Commission (AC) on Saturday elected Emma Terho (
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Pau Gasol among four elected to International Olympic Committee to represent athletes
TOKYO Two-time NBA champion and three-time Olympic medalist Pau Gasol won an election Wednesday at the Tokyo Games that means he ll be mixing with royals and representing athletes for the next seven years at the International Olympic Committee.
Gasol was one of 30 candidates who were competing at the ballot box and in their Olympic sports in Tokyo.
He got 1,888 of more than 6,800 votes cast by athletes for the four vacant IOC seats. Polls closed Tuesday, the day Gasol played six minutes in Spain s 95-81 loss to the United States in the quarterfinals.
France’s Bassa Mawem has pulled out of the sport climbing final at the Tokyo Olympics after rupturing a tendon in his left biceps during qualifying.
Mawem was injured during the final of three disciplines while reaching up with his left arm near the bottom of the lead wall. He immediately fell off the wall and stood at the bottom holding his biceps as an official untied his rope.
Mawem still managed to join his brother in qualifying for the finals after finishing first in boulder and 18th in speed.
The French Olympic Committee said Mawem is returning home to have surgery.