(ATR) World Sailing President Kim Andersen and vice president Li Quanhai survive the first round of voting in the election that will pick a leader for the international federation for the next four years.
The two candidates were the top vote getters in a field of four, neither receiving the majority +1 total needed to win the election. Eliminated were Gerardo Seeliger of Spain and Scott Perry from Uruguay.
The World Sailing election commission which is handling the logistics and vote counting says it will not report the intermediate results. Those will be disclosed following the results of the second round on Nov. 1. The second round of voting begins Oct. 20.
Andersen, from Denmark, is seeking his second term as president. Li is the secretary general of the Chinese Yachting Association.
The elections also included voting for seven vice presidential slots with 15 candidates. The elections committee reports seven of those contenders did receive the results needed for election, thus no second round voting will be required. Announcement of the winners will be made on Nov. 1 as with the presidency.
The elections committee says 127 ballots were cast in the first round out of 147 member national associations. The number is near double the number of MNAs that participated in the 2016 annual meeting at which Andersen was elected. The increased number is a result of holding the meeting online instead of in person, allowing national associations to participate without the expense of travelling around the world.
Andersen says he has guided the federation through a rough patch of financial problems. Li says he would bring new sponsorships from Asia to World Sailing.
In this era of the corona pandemic, the election for the federation leadership is the first to be conducted virtually among the 33 sports on the program of the Summer Olympics. Boxing federation AIBA will follow in December with an election for president and voting on reforms for the federation, currently suspended by the IOC over issues of governance and finance.
Written by Ed Hula.
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