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Jack Tuwei lose as Coe remains IAAF president

Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei lost his bid to be one of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) as a council member ahead of World Athletics Championships in Doha on Friday

Tuwei finished sixth in the vice presidency race polling 62 votes, nine behind third-placed Al Saud.

Ximena Restrepo was voted as the first female vice president with the three other seats going to Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud.

 But it was the same script as former 800m world champion Sebastian Coe retained his seat at the president.

Coe 62 year old Olympic champion was named head of the governing body of world athletics in 2015 and receives his second mandate just two days before the

Coe, who took over the reins during a period of turmoil in world athletics, was re-elected by unanimous vote of the 203 delegates attending the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Congress in Doha.

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