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Former Olympic 1500m champion Coe was voted in over Ukraine’s ex-Olympic pole vaulter Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 at a meeting of the 214 athletics federations in Beijing.

Coe received 115 votes in the poll, 23 more than rival candidate and Ukrainian pole vault great Sergei Bubka, who later retained his position as an IAAF vice-president.

Sergey Bubka and Sebastian Coe were pressing the flesh among IAAF Congress delegates on Tuesday in a final push for votes ahead of Wednesday’s election for the next president of the governing body of athletics.