Monty Hacker new president.

Following upon the death of our President, Cesare Beccalli, our Executive Vice President Monty Hacker has assumed the office of President in an acting capacity until the next General Assembly (Lahti FIN 2009), in accordance with the provisions of clause 7 (b) (ii) of the WMA constitution.

In accordance with IAAF precedent he will continue to retain his office as WMA Executive Vice President. He will however delegate certain of his Executive Vice-Presidential functions to one or more Council members, in order to reduce his executive work load.