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Alpine skiing: Ousted Lewis bids to become first female FIS president
FILE PHOTO: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland
(Reuters) – Briton Sarah Lewis announced on Tuesday she was standing to become the first female president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), the body that dismissed her as secretary-general in October.
The former Alpine skier, who had been with the FIS for 20 years, published her candidacy and manifesto on a website http://www.sarah-lewis.com
“We stand out among international federations currently with an all-male Council, excepting one of the Athletes Commission representatives being female,” Lewis declared in the manifesto.
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