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Athletics Kenya boss Tuwei elected World Athletics vice president

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Athletics Kenya boss Jackson Tuwei. [Jonah Onyango]

Athletics Kenya boss Jackson Tuwei was on Thursday elected as World Athletics vice president after garnering 104 points at vote of the World Athletics Congress in Budapest, two days ahead of the start of the World Athletics Championships in the Hungarian capital.

Tuwei, who also serves as the chairman of the Sports, Arts, and Social Development Fund was elected among others who includes former Colombian sprinter, Ximena Restrepo, who got 154 votes, retired Spanish triple jumper Raul Chapado (119), and former Indian sprinter Adille Sumariwalla (115).

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