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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - International Tennis Federation chief Francesco Ricci Bitti was among five candidates nominated Thursday for IOC membership.
Also put forward by the IOC executive board were: Beatrice Allen, vice president of Gambia's national Olympic committee; Nicole Hoevertsz, secretary general of Aruba's Olympic committee; Prince Tunku Imran, president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia; and Hein Verbruggen, former head of the international cycling union.
The five will be up for election to eight-year terms at the International Olympic Committee assembly in Turin on the eve of the Winter Olympics in February.
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