World  Championships  silver  medallist  Frederick  Dacres  will  be  vying  for  a  seat  on  the  athletes  commission  of  the  International  Olympic  Committee.

The  25  year  old  Dacres  is  on  the  list  of  30  which  was  approved  today by the IOC executive board for   the elections  which   will take place next year during the Olympic games Tokyo 2020.

Nominated by their respective national Olympic committees together with their NOC Athletes’ Commissions, the 30 candidates will be contending for the four available positions.

The athletes elected by their peers during the Olympic games Tokyo 2020 will replace the  current  members, whose term of office will expire at the end of these games………….in addition, an appointed member of the commission, Stefan Holm of  Sweden, will also end his term next year.

All athletes competing at Tokyo 2020 will be able to vote for their representatives at the athlete 365 space positioned at the entrance to the dining hall in the Olympic village, and also at other sites such as the football cities and the sailing venue.

The poll will be open from July 14………..the day the Olympic Village opens to August  4 2020.

The vote will be supervised and certified by an election committee, appointed by IOC president Thomas Bach.

National  record  holder  Dacres competed  at  the  Olympic  Games  in  2016  and was  also  a  member  of  Jamaica’s  team  at  the  2015, 2017

and 2019  World  Championships.