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.
Los Angeles is competing against Paris, Rome and Budapest, Hungary. The IOC will select the host city in September 2017.
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