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) - Athletics will retain its prominent position despite changes to the Olympic programme that could see fewer events but more sports, IAAF presidential candidate Sergey Bubka said on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian, who won a pole vault gold medal in the Games, six consecutive world championships and set 35 world records, is taking on Britain's Sebastian Coe in a race to become the head of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
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