Sebastian Coe elected IAAF vice-president
22/08/2007 |
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Lord Sebastian Coe has been elected a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
The double Olympic 1500m champion, who remains chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, was elected at a meeting of the IAAF Congress in Osaka.
Sergey Bubka of Ukraine, American Robert Hersh and Dahlan Al-Hamad from Qatar will also serve four-year terms as vice-presidents.
Lamine Diack was voted into a final four-year term as IAAF president.
The vice-presidency is widely seen as a stepping stone to competing for the presidency when Diack retires in 2011.
Coe is among the early favourites, but said: "Really, genuinely, it is not even a discussion point."
And referring to his fellow vice-presidents, the Briton added: "If you look, one of the biggest opportunities to broaden the sport is in Asia.
"That is a very important signal to have Dahlan at the table.
"The nice thing about the four that got elected is that we all come with complementary and quite different skills."
The World Championships begin in Osaka on Saturday.
(Source: BBC.co.uk)
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