President Diack Quot Comments Iaaf Press Conference Rio 2008

This weekend the competition is the last World Championships in Athletics IAAF Series competition of 2008. A IAAF press conference today before tomorrow IAAF / CAIXA World Championships Half Marathon (Sunday October 12), IAAF President Lamine Diack already opened the championship with the following comments to the assembled media. It was a long year, but an exciting one and is a good opportunity to remember and stop the progress in our sport worldwide this year, from Edinburgh, Scotland, in Cheboksary, in the heart of Russia, our Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in the splendid setting of the Olympic Games in the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing, China.