IAAF President Lamine Diack

The President of the International Association of Athlete Federations Lamine Diack shared his views and on the results of the first day of the competitions and made a prediction for the second day calling the Russian team the favourite of the World Cup: “I think, the second day will be the same as the first one. the opening ceremony was very special. Yesterday showed good weather, good competiton and good results. I believe today it will be the same..
There was nothing unexpected in the results of the previous day. I had expected Russia to take the first three places, Fernandez from Spain who actually won was the only surprise. After him were two young men - one from Russia, another from Mexico. As for the juniors, the results turned quite expected – both in teams and individuals.
I hope today we will see Russians to win again – teams, individuals, men and women. But the favourite of the Cup is certainly Russia”.