There is a rush in the world of athletics to sit on the IAAF Athletes' Commission. The international organization announces that it has registered the number of 15 candidates for the six positions to be held in the next elections. They will take place on the sidelines of the 2019 World Championships in Doha, from September 29 to October 3, in the official team hotels. The list of 15 applicants is made up of Valerie Adams (New Zealand, Kevin Borlée (Belgium), Majd Eddin Ghazal (Syria), Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia), Thijmen Kupers (Netherlands), Bernard Lagat (United States), Renaud Lavillenie (France), Nooralotta Neziri (Finland), Aisha Praught-Leer (Jamaica), Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan), Olha Saladukha (Ukraine), Goldie Sayers (Great Britain), Katerina Stefanidi (Greece), Su Bingtian (China ), and Michel Tornéus (Sweden). The names of the elected candidates will be announced before the end of the World Championships in Doha. They will join the six athletes already in office, with two years left in office: Inaki Gomez (Canada), Kim Collins ( Saint Kitts and Nevis), Adam Kszczot (Poland), Thomas Rohler (Germany), Ivana Spanovic (Serbia), Benita Willis (Australia).
— Published on August 26, 2019
