International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch has proposed his son as IOC member at the same meeting in July when he steps down after 21 years in charge.
Juan Antonio Samaranch junior, vice president of the International Modern Pentathlon Federation, was one of seven candidates proposed by the IOC's executive board today to become new members at the Moscow meeting in July.
"The president himself proposed his son," IOC director general Francois Carrard said.
The candidates will need to win a majority in a vote of IOC members at the meeting but it is rare for candidates who have been chosen to be turned down.