Kevan Gosper's performance in Atlanta boosted his chances of becoming the IOC boss, writes Michael Stutchbury.

It's a couple of days into Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Games and Kevan Gosper, in his own words, is desperate. The 62-year-old former boss of Shell Australia now holds a place on the 11-member executive board of the International Olympic Committee and is chairman of the IOC's press commission.