Crisis-hit Russia appoints new athletics chief

 Moscow, November 23 

Yulia Tarasenko was appointed as interim president of Russia's athletics body today following the suspension of previous head Dmitry Shlyakhtin by World Athletics. 

Tarasenko, the RUSAF sports director and head of the athletics federation of St. Petersburg, immediately saught to reassure Russian athletes she would fight their corner. "We're not in a very joyful mood, the situation is very difficult in the federation, but we think there is a chance to fight for the federation," she said. "We represent athletes and they should not suffer," the new acting president Tarasenko said. — AFP

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