Sergei Bubka speaks on the phone in front of a statue of Baron Pierre de Coubertin at the start of the Executive Board meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne July 7, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergey Bubka announced on Wednesday he is running for the presidency of world athletics body IAAF, taking on Briton Sebastian Coe in a battle between two of the sport's greats.
Bubka, who won an Olympic gold medal, six consecutive world championship titles and set 35 world records, wants to lead the International Association of Athletics Federations when President Lamine Diack steps down later this year.
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