IOC nominates Britain’s Craig Reedie for president of World Anti-Doping Agency

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Craig Reedie speaks to the press at a hotel in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The IOC has nominated Craig Reedie to become the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

MOSCOW – The IOC has nominated Craig Reedie to become the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Reedie, an IOC vice-president from Britain, says he was chosen Friday over two other candidates — former Olympic hurdles great Edwin Moses and former IOC medical director Patrick Schamasch.

Reedie was put forward by the International Olympic Committee executive board to succeed John Fahey, a former Australian minister who steps down at the end of the year.

The 72-year-old Reedie, who is already a member of WADA’s executive committee, had been the firm favourite. He will be put up for election at the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg from Nov. 12-15.

Reedie’s election is expected to be a formality.

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