John Coates

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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, IOC Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during the closing plenary session of the IOC Debriefing of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, in Tokyo. An increasingly bitter Olympic election in Australia has intensified with Coates describing the campaign against him as malicious and designed to damage him personally. Coates is facing his first challenge as president of the Australian Olympic Committee in 27 years, with 1996 Olympic field hockey gold medalist Danni Roche running against him in a May 6, 2017 ballot. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2014 file photo, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during an IOC-Tokyo 2020 1st Project Review session in Tokyo in Tokyo. International Olympic Committee Vice President Coates has slammed Rio's preparations for the 2016 Olympics, saying they are "the worst I have experienced." (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates rubs his eyes during the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 Joint Press Conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates attends the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, talks with Director General Christophe De Kepper, right, and executive board member John Coates, prior to opening the IOC's general assembly at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)