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Bubka pledges total commitment to IAAF

Xinhua, August 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Pole vault legend Sergey Bubka of Ukraine has pledged his total commitment to the IAAF and athletics family after losing the election for the new president of the IAAF.

Bubka was defeated 92-115 by Sebastian Coe of Britain in a vote held at the IAAF Congress here on Wednesday and received 187 votes to continue in his role as IAAF vice president.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate Seb Coe on his campaign, which gave us great opportunities to discuss many challenges of our sport, communicate with our Member Federations, and share our vision for the future of athletics," said Bubka.

"From the very bottom of my heart, I would like to thank the Member Federations, who voted for my candidacy as IAAF President as well as for my Vice-Presidency role. Thanks a lot to my family and my team who supported and assisted me throughout all these months - we've done a fantastic job together."

"I will continue to serve athletics as I've done during all my life in any position our Athletics family trusts me to hold. I wish good luck to the new IAAF President and remain committed to the ideas and proposals I delivered throughout my campaign," he added. Endi