ATHLETICS-CHINA/IAAF VOTE Britain's Seb Coe beats Ukrainian Sergey Bubka to head IAAF
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142938
ATHLETICS-CHINA/IAAF VOTE Britain's Seb Coe beats Ukrainian Sergey Bubka to head IAAF
- Title: ATHLETICS-CHINA/IAAF VOTE Britain's Seb Coe beats Ukrainian Sergey Bubka to head IAAF
- Date: 19th August 2015
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (AUGUST 19, 2015) (REUTERS) ROOM OF JOURNALISTS WATCHING TV SCREEN SHOWING BRITAIN'S SEBASTIAN COE SPEAKING JUST BEFORE VOTE FOR PRESIDENCY OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FOUNDATION (IAAF) CLOSE OF SCREEN SHOWING CANDIDATES' NAMES "BUBKA, SERGEY" AND "COE, SEBASTIAN" / SCREEN SWITCHING TO READ "VOTE CLOSED. WAITING FOR RESULTS..." COE AND BUBKA GREETING OFFICIALS FOLLOWING VOTE CLOSE OF SCREEN SHOWING RESULT OF VOTE SHOWING COE WINNING BY 115 VOTES TO 92 MEDIA ROOM
- Embargoed: 3rd September 2015 13:00
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAAXAQV0M6X1B36EKD7ETBVAVFT
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Briton Sebastian Coe was elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Wednesday (August 19), beating Ukraine's Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in a ballot of the governing body's 50th Congress.
The former Olympic champion middle distance runner will take over from Senegalese Lamine Diack, who has run the body for the last 16 years, for an initial term of four years. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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