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Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakil elected vice-president of International Olympic Committee

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Former Moroccan Olympic Champion Nawal El Moutawakil was elected vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the Committee’s 142nd session held in Paris. Moutawakil was elected IOC vice-president alongside Argentina’s Gerardo Werthein, with their terms of office beginning on August 10, after the end of the 142nd IOC session, the Committee said in a […]
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Morocco: Nawal El Moutawakil re-elected member of the IAAF governing body

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Nawal El Moutawakil, the only Arab and African woman on the board of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), was elected for a new four-year mandate. The former Olympic Champion garnered 120 supports during the voting process in Doha-Qatar in buildup of the 2019 IAAF World Championship slated for September 27 to October 6. […]