English Sebastian Coe was re-elected this Thursday to the presidency International Federation of Athletics (World Athletics), during its 54 World Congress what’s going on in Budapest.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe was elected to a third term at the 54th World Athletics Congress in Budapest.
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— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 17, 2023
Coeformer 1500 meters Olympic champion and former world record holder, He is 66 years old and was elected for the first time.resident of the then IAAF August 2015 in Beijing in the elections, in which he surpassed the Ukrainian expert Sergei Bubka.
Top leader in universal athletics who one appeared received 192 out of 195 possible votes, and according to World Athletics bylaws, this will be his third and final presidential term.
As part of major reforms adopted World Athletics Congress at the end of 2016 World Athletic Association added orminimum gender goals in its constitution install parity at all levels of sports management.
Reforms detailed requirement 13 representatives of each gender elected to the World Athletics Council at the 2027 Congress. This goal was achieved four years ahead of schedule in the reform roadmap. A requirement yet to be met at the 2027 Congress is the election of two vice-presidents of each gender.
After his re-election, Coe noted:
I am grateful for the support and happy to see that even more of the commitments we made during the governance reform process in 2016 have been realized with the election of the first World Athletics Joint Gender Council four years ahead of schedule.
And I add:
The work is not yet done, and we need to continue to achieve gender parity in all our representative bodies. The strength of our sport lies in its diversity and this must be reflected in our governance at all levels.
Two Sebastian Coe mandates were marked by the creation in 2017. Integrity Group in Athletics (AIU for its abbreviation in English), responsible in particular for fight against doping and for him punitive stance towards Russia, So suspended for doping scandal and since 2022 for invading Ukraine.
Sebastian Coe took over from the Senegalese in 2015. Lamine Diackwho was President of the IAAF from 1999 to 2015.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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