The Race to Olympia: the Swedish factor

There is still nearly two months to go until the IOC votes to elect a new President but the seven candidates will already have started to do the maths and work out who is voting for them

I have news for you courtesy of the International Olympic Committee press office: Swedish IOC members are going to be able to vote from the outset in March’s Presidential election.

Why does this matter? Well, there are three of them - Gunilla Lindberg, Frida Hansdotter and Petra Sorling - so they make up a not insubstantial three per cent(-ish) of the el…