(ATR) Canada's Beckie Scott and Saku Koivu of Finland are the winners of two IOC seats up for election among the athletes of the Turin Winter Olympics.
Scott, who won a silver medal in the cross country last week, and Koivu, a member of the Finnish hockey team still in contention for a medal, edged out 13 other athletes in the voting held during the Games. Scott was the top finisher with 449 votes, followed by Koivu with 412.
Election committee chair Anita DeFrantz says voting participation was a record, with nearly 80% of the athletes in Turin voting. Polling places were set up at each of the three Olympic Villages for the 2006 Games.
Scott and Koivu will take the IOC member oath during the final meeting for the IOC Session in Turin on Feb. 26. Along with them, five other new members members who were elected at the IOC Session two weeks ago, will also recite the oath.
The two new athlete members will serve on the IOC for eight-year terms, also holding seats as members of the IOC Athletes Commission. In all, 12 athletes serve as IOC members, four elected from the Winter Games, eight at the Summer Games, with half of each number elected at each Games.
In his declaration, the only formal written statement allowed under the rules of the election, Koivu, 32, says his career as an NHL player "has given me the understanding of athletes of different backgrounds and cultures".
Scott, 32, says in her declaration says that if elected, "I will advocate, on behalf of all athletes, to ensure that Olympic sport continues to move towards a competitive environment that is doping free and respectful of all athletes".
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