Coates appointed head of IOC's 2020 Olympics coordination commission
GENEVA. October 16. KAZINFORM - International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates of Australia has been named chairman of the coordination commission for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Kazinform has learnt from Xinhua.
The IOC said on Tuesday in a statement that Coates, 63, was appointed by IOC president Thomas Bach to chair the 15-strong commission which will assist Japanese organizers.
Bach also appointed Frank Fredericks of Namibia chairman of the coordination commission for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics.
Bach also decided that Arne Ljungqvist, Gerhard Heiberg and Hein Verbruggen will continue in their roles as chairmen of the Medical Commission, Marketing Commission and OBS, respectively, until after the Sochi Olympic Winter Games in 2014 "to ensure continuity in the preparations".
The terms of all three had been set to expire after the IOC Session in Buenos Aires last month.
The IOC said that Puerto Rican Richard Carrion, who was beaten by Bach in last month's presidential election, would "continue to lead the TV negotiations already under way outside Europe until the Sochi 2014 Games" despite his decision to resign from his different positions within the IOC.