TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 align=right border=0>TBODY>TR>TD>TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=150 border=0>TBODY>TR>TD colSpan=2>IMG src="/_images/articles/OldStories/Lamour_summary.JPG">/TD>/TR>TR>TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px">SPAN class=caption>B>French Minister for Sport Jean-Francoise Lamour. (ATR)/B>/SPAN>/TD>TD width=12> /TD>/TR>/TBODY>/TABLE>/TD>/TR>/TBODY>/TABLE>(ATR) French Minister for Sport Jean-Francois Lamour could have the inside track to become the next chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency.BR>BR>Lamour's name emerged as the nominee for the post of WADA vice chairman at a three-day meeting of European sports ministers in Moscow last week. The person who holds that post is expected to succeed current chairman Richard Pound when he steps down next year. BR>BR>Lamour, 50, has served as minister of sport since 2002. He was active in the Paris campaign for the 2012 Games. Lamour won gold medals in fencing at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, a bronze in 1992.BR>BR>The other candidate under consideration was Russia sports minister Vyacheslav Fetisov, officially director of the Federal Agency for Physical Training and Sport. He is also a member of the WADA Board. Fetisov, 48, won gold medals in hockey at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, as well as a 1980 silver. BR>BR>The vote of the ministers, cast Saturday, was 35 to 9. BR>BR>Fetisov was nominated by the ministers to continue to serve on the WADA board. Danish Minister for Sport Brian, Brian Mikkelsen was nominated for a membership on the WADA TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 align=left border=0>TBODY>TR>TD>TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=150 border=0>TBODY>TR>TD colSpan=2>IMG src="/_images/articles/OldStories/Fetisov_article.JPG">/TD>/TR>TR>TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px">SPAN class=caption>B>Vyacheslav Fetisov, one of the European candidates to serve as vice chair of WADA./B>/SPAN>/TD>TD width=12> /TD>/TR>/TBODY>/TABLE>/TD>/TR>/TBODY>/TABLE>Executive Committee.BR>BR>The nominations are informal and face ratification on October 25 by the Council of Europe, as well as confirmation by the WADA board in November. BR>BR>Under WADA rules, the successor to Pound, who comes from the IOC, must be from government, the other major stakeholder in the anti-doping agency. The five-year term for a chairman is to alternate in that manner for the future. BR>BR>Pound has been WADA's chair since its inception six years ago. BR>BR>B>/B>BR>
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