Controversial election: The FIS President heats up tempers

The British-Swedish businessman had no opponent in his re-election bid at the ski congress in Milan on Thursday. The 60-year-old Eliasch has led the ski association since June 2021. He is the successor to the long-time president and Swiss citizen Gian Franco Kasper, who died last year. Eliasch received 100 percent of the votes cast, but not all delegates voted. At the request of delegates, a secret ballot was held; there was no required no option as an answer. “An election in which the delegates only had one option to cast a valid vote, namely to vote yes, does not correspond to our understanding of the law and is simply a farce,” said Stefan Schwarzbach, board member of the German Ski Association, and added : “In the opinion of our legal experts, such an approach is also not compliant with Swiss association law.” “An election in which delegates had only one option to cast a valid vote, namely to vote yes, is a travesty.” Stefan Schwarzbach, board member of the German Ski Association The DSV and other nations then “did not take part in the election,” as Schwarzbach confirmed. They left the hall. The DSV wants to reserve the right to take “legal action”. Eliasch received complete approval from those remaining in the room. “We need change, we need change,” said the FIS boss. “This is a vote result that allows us to move further in this direction. I look forward to it." Eliash extremely controversial Eliasch is considered controversial in the ski scene. Since he took office, his proposals have repeatedly caused irritation and criticism - such as the plan to organize ski races in Dubai, to reduce the giant slalom to just one round and to market the Alpine World Cup centrally. So far, the marketing rights have been held by the national associations in whose territories the World Cups take place. Many experts describe the entrepreneur's plan to make the ski association climate-positive by using his own initiative to prevent the deforestation of rainforest in the Amazon region as absurd. The criticism: Deforestation protection alone does not ensure that additional CO2 is filtered out of the air.

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Controversial election: The FIS President heats up tempers

After a controversial election, Johan Eliasch will remain president of the international ski association FIS for at least four more years until 2026.

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