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How athletics is running away from decadence and corruption

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This file photo taken on August 21, 2015, shows former (IAAF) president Lamine Diack speaking during a press conference in Beijing. [AFP / GREG BAKER]

Five years ago, he was one of the most recognised leaders in sport on the planet.

Now, Lamine Diack, 87, the former president of the IAAF- known as World Athletics today- faces a future behind bars after he was jailed for four years, two of them suspended, last Wednesday (September 16) for corruption by a French court.

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