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The 31 candidates will be elected to 18 positions on the Council at the World Athletics Congress on August 17.
Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei has promised to look into and address the challenges athletes face if elected as the vice-president or individual council member as World Athletics gets ready to go to the polls to elect the international federation’s governing board.
Tuwei, who also serves as the Senior Vice-President of the Confederation of African Athletics, revealed that there are many athletes in the country who have gone through a lot of difficulties to get to the top level.
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Tuwei was in the company of Sports CS Ababu Namwamba and Deputy Commissioner General of Kenya Prisons Catherine Ndereba and other relevant stakeholders.
He added that being selected to represent Kenya on the global stage will place our athletes on the world map, and they will be represented on all fronts.
“I have witnessed our successes but also the challenges that come with a sport that has over 5000 registered athletes in Kenya.
"With our athletes, strong government support, ambitious development strategy, and recently, engagement for climate action, I strongly believe that Kenya deserves a seat at the table of the top decision-makers of our sport,” he said.
Tuwei revealed that his main goal is to see athletics play a greater role in society, for health, and most important - due to the state of the planet - be a key player in climate action.
“I want to take athletics to marginalized areas and communities through partnerships. Continue supporting the athletes’ refugee team. Organize more events for elite, youth, and mass participants,” he added.
Tuwei promised to implement his experience and commit himself to the success of the athletes.
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“I would support an increase in the number of women and minorities in leadership and technical positions in athletics and promotion of integrity by combating doping in Kenya,” he added.
Tuwei will be up against Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saul of Saudi Arabia, Raúl Chapado of Spain, Geoff Gardner of Norfolk Island, Abby Hoffman of Canada, Antti PihlakoskiI of Finland, Ximena Restrepo of China and Adille Sumariwala of India for the Vice president post.
In the individual council member vacancy, he will be contesting for one slot among the 13 slots required. He will be competing against Talib Al-Saffar (Iraq), Khaled Amara (Tunisia), Yuko Arimori (Japan), and Beatrice Ayikoru (Uganda).
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Willie Banks (USA), Sylvia Barlag (Netherlands), Raúl Chapado (Spain), Fatih Çintimar (Turkey), Nataliia Dobrynska (Ukraine), Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco), Garth Gayle (Jamaica), Jean Gracia (France), Abby Hoffman (Canada) and Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) will also be contesting.
James Moloi (South Africa), Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands), Bader Naser (Brunei), Antti Pihlakoski (Finland), Annette Puvis (Newzealand), Donna Raynor (Bermuda), Ximena Restrepo (China), Anna Riccardi (Italy), Muhammad Akram Sahi (Pakistan), Adille Sumariwalla (India), Tigor Tanjung (Indonesia), Erich Teigamägi (Estonia) and Nan Wang of China will also be vying for a slot.
The 31 candidates will be elected to 18 positions on the Council at the World Athletics Congress on August 17.
The 18 positions are broken down into one President, four Vice Presidents – at least one of which will be female – and 13 Individual Council Members.
In addition to these 18 positions, there will be six Area Presidents who have already been or are in the progress of being elected by their areas, and two members of the Athletes’ Commission (one female and one male) who will be selected by the Athletes’ Commission in October, making a total of 26 World Athletics Council Members.
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