Deputy prime minister frontrunner for Russian Olympic job 07/04/2010 |
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Russia’s deputy prime minister Alexander Zhukov has emerged as the favourite to replace Leonid Tyagachyov as the country’s Olympic chief.
Tyagachyov resigned as Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president last month, two days after the country’s president Dmitry Medvedev ordered top sports officials to quit or be fired following Russia’s worst-ever showing at February's Vancouver Olympics.
Honorary ROC president Vitaly Smirnov said Zhukov's name had been put forward at a meeting of top Kremlin officials this week.
Smirnov, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, said: "I wasn't there [at the meeting] but I have spoken to those who were present."
Zhukov, a close ally of prime minister Vladimir Putin who has been in charge of preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, said he would accept the nomination.
"It's a big honour for me so of course I would agree," he added.
The ROC will choose its new chief at its general assembly meeting in April.
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