FORMER Olympic 1500m champion Lord Coe has been elected president of athletics' governing body, the IAAF.
The sport's 214 federations cast their votes in Beijing to decide who should lead the sport, which is dealing with the fall-out from a series of doping allegations.
Coe, the former London 2012 chairman, succeeds Senegalese Lamine Diack, 82, who has been in charge for 16 years.
Coe polled 115 votes to Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka's 92.
The election was held three days before the 2015 World Championships get under way in Beijing and Coe's initial term will be for four years.
Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe tweeted her congratulations to Lord Coe
The Olympic gold medallist in 1980 and 1984 praised the organisation for how the contest was conducted, saying it was "fought according to sound judgement throughout".
He said his IAAF presidential win was the "second biggest and [most] momentous occasion of my life" after the birth of his children.
He Tweeted: "Delighted and humbled by the confidence shown in me by the IAAF family - thank you, now the hard work begins."
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