USA Today · Aug 1, 2016
The Latest: US gets 2nd member on IOC executive board
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
1:25 p.m.
The United States will have a second member on the International Olympic Committee's executive board.
Former Olympic ice hockey gold medalist Angela Ruggiero was elected as chair of the IOC's athletes' commission on Monday, a position which automatically gives her a seat on the policy-making board.
Ruggiero will replace Claudia Bokel, a former Olympic fencer from Germany whose four-year term is expiring at the end of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Ruggiero will join Anita DeFrantz on the 15-member board. Her elevation comes at a crucial time for the U.S., with Los Angeles bidding for the 2024 Olympics.