Athletics: Sebastian Coe elected president of the IAAF, defeating the Ukrainian Sergey Bubka
The Briton Sebastian Coe was elected president of the IAAF at the 50th congress of the International Association of Athletics Federations, in Beijing (CHN) on 19/08/2015. He succeeds the Senegalese Lamine Diack (82 years old), who had held the position since 1999.
A double Olympic champion in the 1500 meters in 1980 and 1984, Sebastian Coe (58...