Sunday, 13 December 2020
Marisol Casado, for many years the only female President of a Summer Olympic International Federation, has recently maintained her position at a sporting altitude still largely populated by men – and she plans to drive further change within World Triathlon until at least 2024.
The 64-year-old Spaniard was elected to serve a fourth term as President after seeing off challenger Mads Freund in a virtual vote at the organisation’s Congress on November 29. She will remain a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following her victory by 86 votes to 43.
After a particularly bitter election in which she was cleared by the IOC’s Ethics Commission of last-minute charges of gross and multiple violations of the values, principles and regulations