Bubka was elected president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

The famous former athlete and member of the International Olympic Committee, Serhiy Bubka, was elected as the new president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine at an extraordinary General Assembly of this organization.

80 members of the NOC of Ukraine out of 110 voted for Bubka in a secret ballot. 30 people cast their votes for Mykola Martsenyuk (member of the Executive Committee of the NOC of Ukraine, vice-president of the Baseball and Softball Federation of Ukraine (on the nomination of the Baseball and Softball Federation of Ukraine)).

The other two candidates for the post of president of the NOC of Ukraine, Mykola Fedorenko (first vice-president of the NOC) and Valeriy Borzov (president of the athletics federation of Ukraine), withdrew their candidacies during the meeting.

Also at the reporting General Assembly of the NOC of Ukraine, a statement on the dismissal of Viktor Yanukovych from the post of president of the NOC of Ukraine was unanimously supported.