Kosovo and South Sudan accepted by IAAF

Canadian Running August 19, 2015

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 19: General overview of delegates during the 50th IAAF Congress at the China National Convention Centre, CNCC on August 19, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF) — BEIJING, CHINA – AUGUST 19: General overview of delegates during the 50th IAAF Congress at the China National Convention Centre, CNCC on August 19, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF)

Beijing, Aug 19, 2015 (AFP) – Kosovo and South Sudan were on Wednesday accepted as member federations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

With 211 member federations present at the IAAF Congress in Beijing — with Afghanistan and Iran absent, and Gabon suspended — Kosovo was voted in 187-13.

South Sudan received 192 votes for, with 12 against.

Members also upheld Gabon’s suspension, 133-63. The African state has been suspended after government intervention in its athletics federation.

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