DAEGU, South Korea, August 25- Athletics Kenya (AK) chairman, Isaiah Kiplagat, retained his seat on IAAF Council upon conclusion of the world governing body congress on Thursday.
Kiplagat, who was also gunning for the seat of one of the vice-presidents on Day 1 one of the Congress on Wednesday, garnered 107 votes to clinch one of the nine seats available on the Council which is the main decision body making organ of the IAAF.
AK secretary general, David Okeyo, was elected to head the IAAF Cross Country Commission after being elevated from his post as a Committee Member.
Compatriots Ibrahim Hussein, the AK assistant general secretary and Mary Chege, who sits on the federation’s national executive as the in charge of women affairs and Joseph Ochieng however, missed out on winning seats they were vying for in the IAAF committees.
According to the results released last night at the end of the 48th IAAF Congress, Hussein, who was eyeing a seat in the Technical Committee, narrowly missed out on one of the 12 seats available after polling 85 results in the first round of voting.
The single position reserved for second round of voting saw Hussein, the first black winner of the New York Marathon, scoop only 11 ballots to end his interest in the seat.
Chege, who is the chaperone of Team Kenya here in Daegu, also made a strong showing in the first round of polling for the eights seats on offer in the Women’s Committee with 87 votes, ten short of what would have seen her bag a place.
In the second round of voting, Chege could only attract 25 votes to end her running.
Ochieng, who became the first Kenyan to be named a judge at the Olympics was targeting a slot in the IAAF Race Walking Committee and garnered 49 votes in the first round out of the 194 valid ballots to miss one of the four positions on offer.
He is in Daegu, South Korea as one of the assistant coaches to Peter Mathu charged with preparing the country’s race walkers, David Kimutai and Africa record holder, Grace Wanjiru who will compete in the men and women 20km events.
The conclusion of the voting process ushers in the beginning of competition on Saturday with the newly elected team charged with running global athletics for the next four years.
-Mutwiri Mutuota is reporting for Capital FM from Daegu, South Korea
VOTING RESULTS DAY 2
COUNCIL
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
1st round (9 seats)
Total votes 198
Total Valid votes 188
Absolute majority 95
AL KAMALI Ahmad UAE 137 elected
FREDERICKS Frank NAM 122 elected
DIGEL Helmut GER 121 elected
JUANTORENA DANGER Alberto CUB 119 elected
PARK Jung Ki KOR 116 elected
TANAKA Katsuyuki JPN 116 elected
ODRIOZOLA Jose Maria ESP 108 elected
* KIPLAGAT Isaiah KEN 107 elected
AMSALEM Bernard FRA 103 elected
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
1st round (12 seats)
Total votes 197
Total Valid votes 184
Absolute majority 93
KATZÂ David USA 131 elected
ABAD Gabriel ESP 127 elected
SEKIÂ Â Yukio JPN 125 elected
HARTZ Klaus GER 116 elected
VAUHKONEN Kari FIN 113 elected
DELACOURÂ Pierre FRA 110 elected
ROE Brian AUS 106 elected
ZELICHENOK Vadim RUS 101 elected
SHEN Chunde CHN 100 elected
LITTLEWOOD David GBR 98 elected
BAYI Filbert TAN 93 elected
* HUSSEIN Ibrahim Kipkemboi KEN 85
2nd round (1 seat)
Total votes 190
Total Valid votes 183
Simple majority
MOLINA HERNANDEZ Jesus CUB 46 elected
* HUSSEIN Ibrahim Kipkemboi KEN 11
WOMEN’S COMMITTEE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
1st round (8 seats)
Total votes 198
Total Valid votes 192
Absolute majority 97
LEBEDEVA Tatyana RUS 125 elected
TIMMONS Anne E. USA 109 elected
FITTKO Esther GER 104 elected
LEE Young-Sun KOR 102 elected
COLON RUENES Maria Caridad CUB 100 elected
SZABO Gabriela ROU 97 elected
* CHEGE Mary I. KEN 87
2nd round (2 seats)
Total votes 191
Total Valid votes 185
Simple majority
TOUIBI Sarra TUNÂ 71 elected
WOPHILL Maria NGR 60 elected
* CHEGE Mary I. KEN 25
RACE WALKING COMMITTEE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
2nd round (4 seats)
Total votes 199
Total Valid votes 194
Simple majority
AMARA Khaled TUN 80 elected
MARLOW Peter GBR 74 elected
IMAMURA Fumio JPN 68 elected
KORZENIOWSKI Robert POL 57 elected
* OCHIENG Joseph KEN 49
CROSS COUNTRY COMMITTEE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
1st round (8 seats)
Total votes 199
Total Valid votes 193
Absolute majority 97
CARDOSO Carlos POR 123 elected
BEDFORD David GBR 120 elected
LANDA Luis Miguel ESP 112 elected
SAWAKI Keisuke JPN 111 elected
SERGENT Annette FRA 97 elected
2nd round (3 seats)
Total votes 191
Total Valid votes 190
Simple Majority
IBRAHIM Siddig SUD 72 elected
MAGNANI Massimo ITA 69 elected
AYIKORU Beatrice UGA 58 elected
MASTERS’ COMMITTEE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
1st round (8 seats)
Total votes 198
Total Valid votes 195
Absolute majority 98
MUROFUSHI Shigenobu JPN 136 elected
WANG Dawei CHN 135 elected
DANIELS Danny CAN 127 elected
HARVEY Rex USAÂ 123 elected
MIGLIORINI Pierluigi ITA 123 elected
MARQUINAÂ Fernando ESP 120 elected
MARSHEV Vadim RUS 109 elected
Tie Break
Total votes 191
Total Valid votes 191
Simple Majority
ABBADI Mustafa SUD 97 elected
