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THE following is a roundup of important news relating to the Olympics:<\/p>\n<p>ALL IN THE COMMONWEALTH: AUSSIE THROWS HIS SUPPORT TO CANADA&#39;S POUND<\/p>\n<p>     Kevan Gosper, an IOC Vice President has taken<br \/>\nthe unprecedented step of publicly declaring his preferred candidate to replace Juan Antonio Samaranch as IOC president, according to a report by Jacquelin Magnay, a leading Australian sports journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Gosper threw his support to Canadian lawyer Richard Pound, a 1960 Olympian in swimming and an IOC vice president, as his choice to head the IOC.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This comes as Mr Pound&#39;s main rival for the presidency,<br \/>\nBelgian knee surgeon Jacques Rogge, will tomorrow declare himself a candidate for the post,&quot; wrote Magnay.<\/p>\n<p>IOC members have until April 10 to indicate their<br \/>\ncandidacy. So far only American Anita de Frantz and Hungarian diplomat Pal Schmitt have put their names forward.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that Pound, ignoring the evidence of widespread Chinese doping&#8211;not to mention human rights violations&#8211;supported Beijing&#39;s bid in 1993 to host the 2000 Games.  Nonetheless, Gosper said that he and Pound made a pact ten years ago to support each other.<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO BIDDING FOR AFRICAN SUPPORT TO HOST 2008 GAMES<\/p>\n<p>     The votes of African delegates have been decisive in the awarding of the past two Olympic Games.  That&#39;s why the Canadian government is busily spending money to build and reinforce sport links in Africa that could be crucial to the success of Toronto&#39;s 2008 Olympic bid, writes James Christie.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Olympic Bid Corp., informally known as TO-Bid, wouldn&#39;t confirm the report since anticorruption rules preclude the buying of votes, but it appears happy to reap the benefits of the government&#39;s initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>JAPAN RE-ELECTS YAGI TO HEAD OLYMPIC COMMITTEE<\/p>\n<p>     Correspondent Hideki Mochizuki reports that the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) decided today to retain Yushiro Yagi for new 2-year term as head of the organization.  His re-election was unanimously approved by the JOC council members today. <\/p>\n<p>The decision has raised concerns over how the JOC will  reform an organization bafdly in need of reform.  Many younger Japanese sports leaders were frustrated when the 71 year-old Yagi and the JOC amended the bylaws which had stipulated an age limit of 70 for presidential candidates. <\/p>\n<p>In Japan, the JOC allocates funds to each of the country&#39;s sports federations, including swimming.  The re-election of Yagi raises doubts that the JOC will fulfill its promise to bring in more young people into the organization and its staff.<\/p>\n<p>Yoshiro Yagi, who is also vice president of the Japan Ski Association, became JOC secretary-general in 1995 and took over the presidency from Hironoshin Furuhashi, who is currently president of the Japanese Swimming Federation.<br \/>\nCheck out our feature Product !!<br \/>\n<a href=http:\/\/swiminfo.com\/swimshop\/shop_detail.asp?iPid=303&#038;iCatId=4\nFirst to the Wall, 100 Years of Olympic Swimming <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Phillip Whitten March 23. 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