OpEd: How Low Do Federations Sink Before the IOC Steps In? 02/18/21 The IWF is the new benchmark and I’m with the IOC – a new reformist presidency is desperately needed. by Callum Skinner Around the Rings Callum Skinner won gold and silver medals in track cycling at Rio 2016. (Global Athlete) I have never been one to shy away from what I - and I believe scores of others - see as the obvious in modern-day Olympic sport: ineffectual sports governance. The examples are too plentiful and too regular to shy away from, and it’s one of the reasons I became a passionate and prominent athlete advocacy campaigner following my Olympic Gold at Rio 2016.