Norway’s Svein Arne Hansen was elected the new president of the European Athletics Association at the body’s congress in Bled, Slovenia, on Saturday.
Hansen, a former EAA vice-president, beat off a challenge from France’s Jean Gracia and Antti Pihlakoski of Finland, garnering 26 of the 50 votes cast. Gracia polled 19 and Pihlakoski five.
Hansen, 68, succeeds Hansj”rg Wirz of Switzerland, who is standing down after 16 years, having reached the association’s retirement age of 70.
