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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, IOC Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during the closing plenary session of the IOC Debriefing of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, in Tokyo. An increasingly bitter Olympic election in Australia has intensified with Coates describing the campaign against him as malicious and designed to damage him personally. Coates is facing his first challenge as president of the Australian Olympic Committee in 27 years, with 1996 Olympic field hockey gold medalist Danni Roche running against him in a May 6, 2017 ballot. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

IOC VP Coates confident ahead of Australian Olympic vote

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, IOC Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during the closing plenary session of the IOC Debriefing of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, in Tokyo. An increasingly bitter Olympic election in Australia has intensified with Coates describing the campaign against him as malicious and designed to damage him personally. Coates is facing his first challenge as president of the Australian Olympic Committee in 27 years, with 1996 Olympic field hockey gold medalist Danni Roche running against him in a May 6, 2017 ballot. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

John Coates’ IOC vice presidency on line in Australian vote

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, IOC Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during the closing plenary session of the IOC Debriefing of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, in Tokyo. An increasingly bitter Olympic election in Australia has intensified with Coates describing the campaign against him as malicious and designed to damage him personally. Coates is facing his first challenge as president of the Australian Olympic Committee in 27 years, with 1996 Olympic field hockey gold medalist Danni Roche running against him in a May 6, 2017 ballot. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Australian Olympic chief says campaign is malicious

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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2016 file photo, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates speaks during a joint press conference of the IOC coordination commission in Tokyo. Coates will have his leadership of Australia's Olympic movement challenged for the first time in decades after 1996 field hockey gold medalist Danni Roche got backing to run against him in May elections. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Gold medalist Roche to challenge IOC VP Coates in elections

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