Bubka and Coe IAAF vice presidents
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 am
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Former Olympic champions and world record holders Sebastien Coe and Sergei Bubka have both been elected as vice-presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Coe, who won back-to-back 1 500 metres golds at the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and pole vault king Bubka, who won in Seoul in 1988, will serve four-year terms.
Also elected to the position of vice-presidents ahead of the World Championships were American Robert Hersh and Dahlan Al-Hamad of Qatar.
Senegal's Lamine Diack was voted into a final four-year term as the IAAF president.
Former Olympic champions and world record holders Sebastien Coe and Sergei Bubka have both been elected as vice-presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Coe, who won back-to-back 1 500 metres golds at the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and pole vault king Bubka, who won in Seoul in 1988, will serve four-year terms.
Also elected to the position of vice-presidents ahead of the World Championships were American Robert Hersh and Dahlan Al-Hamad of Qatar.
Senegal's Lamine Diack was voted into a final four-year term as the IAAF president.