SYDNEY ¨C More than 400 Olympians from nearly 90 countries around the world have joined in a call for the winner of next week¡¯s International Olympic Committee presidential election to make climate their top priority.
The signatories to an open letter calling for IOC action on climate change range from Australia¡¯s most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, to Cyrille Tchatchet II, a weightlifter who represented the refugee team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
¡°To the incoming President, we ask that over the coming years and the course of your presidency one issue be above all others: the care of our planet,¡± the letter read.
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