The Minister of the General Administration of Sport of China and Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng, Mayor of Beijing Wang Anshun and IAAF President Lamine Diack today met in the Golden Room of China’s National Stadium, better known as the Bird’s Nest, to unveil the design of the tickets and to open online sales for the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 (22-30 Aug 2015).
President Diack travelled from the city of Guiyang which yesterday had hosted an exceptionally successful 41st edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Accompanying the president was IAAF Council Member Helmut Digel, General Secretary Essar Gabriel and, guest of honour, Kenya’s world half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, who won the senior men’s world cross-country title in Guiyang.
President Diack travelled from the city of Guiyang which yesterday had hosted an exceptionally successful 41st edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Accompanying the president was IAAF Council Member Helmut Digel, General Secretary Essar Gabriel and, guest of honour, Kenya’s world half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, who won the senior men’s world cross-country title in Guiyang.
Kamworor, wearing his individual gold medal and the team silver to which he had led Kenya in Guiyang, was joined on stage in the Golden Room by China’s greatest ever track and field athlete, 2004 Olympic and 2007 world 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang, who is one of the official championship ambassadors.
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