The ASOIF General Assembly will take place during the 2013 SportAccord International Convention in the Russian city, with the key focus set to be on who will be elected onto the organisation's ruling seven-member Council.

The current ASOIF Council consists of President Ricci Bitti of Italy, vice-president McQuaid, and other five members who are Bubka, handball's Hassan Moustafa of Egypt, triathlon's Marisol Casado of Spain, basketball's Patrick Baumann of Switzerland and sailing's Göran Petersson of Sweden.

McQuaid, the International Cycling Union (UCI) President, and Bubka, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) vice-president, are seeking re-election for a second four-year term with their first term now coming to an end while a third spot is up for grabs as Petersson must step down from the Council, having served the maximum of two four-year terms.

International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Wu and International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) President Schormann have also put themselves forward, meaning that there will be four battling for the three Council spots at the General Assembly.

"Sergey Bubka, Pat McQuaid, Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann and C K Wu have put themselves up for election for the three Council spots available at our 2013 General Assembly in St Petersburg," ASOIF executive director Andrew Ryan told insidethegames.

"The four-year terms of both Sergey Bubka and Pat McQuaid have now come to an end while a third spot has been made available due to the fact that Göran Petersson must step down, having served a maximum of two four-year terms.

"The full membership will vote to decide the three Council members during the Assembly.

"Following the election, the ASOIF vice-president will then be decided."


Of the four, Wu can perhaps be the most confident of making the ASOIF Council given that he is the organisation's representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board.

However, Wu was elected as ASOIF's representative on the IOC Executive Board at the General Assembly last year in strange circumstances.

The election came after Bitti, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) President, emerged as the only candidate to put his name forward to become the ASOIF President after Switzerland's Denis Oswald announced he would step down from the role.

Ordinarily the ASOIF President would also become the IOC Executive Board representative but due to the fact that Bitti ceased to be an IOC member at the end of the year because he had turned 70, an election was required to nominate another IOC member to the position.

The election took place at the 2012 ASOIF General Assembly in May last year in Québec City and in what became a two-horse race; Wu crushed McQuaid by 20 votes to eight to secure the IOC Executive Board seat.