The International Olympic Committee has nominated Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita for IOC membership, with a formal decision to be discussed in January, its spokesman said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The 62-year-old Yamashita, a former judoka and 1984 Los Angeles Games gold medalist, will join International Gymnastics Federation chief Morinari Watanabe as Japan’s second active IOC member if he is elected.<\/p>\n
The IOC also named two other candidates for the post — International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, according to IOC spokesman Christian Klaue.<\/p>\n
Since IOC members have the right to vote for Olympic host cities, Japan has been seeking a second IOC representative since former JOC President Tsunekazu Takeda resigned from the IOC in March amid allegations of bribery related to Tokyo’s successful bid for the 2020 Games.<\/p>\n
Following Takeda’s resignation, IOC President Thomas Bach said he hoped to see the election of a committee member from Japan as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
Yamashita’s induction would also be significant for the Japanese judo world, as it would mark the return of a judo practitioner to the Olympic governing body for the first time in nearly a century.<\/p>\n
Jigoro Kano, founder of the Kodokan Judo Institute and Japan Sports Association, became the first Japanese IOC member in 1909 and was active until his death in 1938.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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