Coe elected IAAF vice president

Lord Sebastian Coe has been elected a vice president of the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The former double-Olympic 1500m champion was voted into office at a meeting of the IAAF Congress in Osaka on Wednesday.

Sergey Bubka of Ukraine, American Robert Hersh and Dahlan Al-Hamad from Qatar were also voted into office to serve a four-year term.

Lamine Diack was voted into a final four-year term as IAAF president.

The World Championships begin in Osaka on Saturday.

Source: BBC Sport