Luciano Rossi has called on members of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) to reject any attempt to centralise the power onto a single body within the organisation, prior to a vote on its new constitution this week.
Luciano Rossi has been ordered to pay arbitration costs and contribute to the International Shooting Sports Federation's (ISSF) legal expenses, after he withdrew what the governing body claimed was a "senseless" appeal against the result of last year's Presidential election.
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has been criticised by athletes, coaches and International Olympic Committee (IOC) members on social media after posting a seemingly ill-judged picture caption competition.
Installing a one federation per country system and a 12-year term limit for positions, including the Presidency, are among key changes proposed in a draft of the International Shooting Sport Federation's (ISSF) new constitution.
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President Vladimir Lisin will be hoping it is second time lucky when the General Assembly votes on a proposed new constitution in December.
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has called an Extraordinary General Assembly, taking place in the body's home town of Munich in early December.
Luciano Rossi's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over last year's Presidential election (which he narrowly lost), has drawn my attention to a rarely discussed aspect of the democratic process on Planet Sport: proxy voting.
The defeated candidate in last year's knife-edge election for the Presidency of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is seeking to annul the result at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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