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Elections for the head of the International Hockey Federation are held as part of the organization's semi-annual congress.
Estonian Jaan Melder, Georgian Zakaria Khechuashvili and Spaniard Frank Gonzalez withdrew their candidacies from the election for president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Sports.ru reports this with reference to TASS.
The functionaries refused to participate in the fight for the post of head of the federation after their speeches at the organization’s congress. Thus, four candidates remained in the race for the post of IIHF President: Czech IIHF First Vice-President Petr Brzyza, IIHF Asian Vice-President Kyrgyz Aivaz Omorkanov, IIHF Council Member German Franz Reindl and Slovenian Matjaz Rakovec.
The candidates presented their election programs on October 1. Elections for the head of the International Hockey Federation will take place on October 2 as part of the organization’s semi-annual congress.
Earlier, Belarusian Sergei Goncharov and IIHF European Vice-President Henrik Bach-Nielsen also withdrew their candidacies from the IIHF presidential elections. Goncharov intends to run for the IIHF Council, and Bach-Nielsen for the post of first vice-president. General Director of the Russian Hockey Federation Dmitry Kurbatov is vying for a seat on the IIHF Council.
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Elections for the head of the IIHF will take place on October 2.
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