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The president of the UAE Athletics Federation, Ahmad Al Kamali, has been suspended for six months and fined 5,000 euros ($ 6,080) for giving away watches to delegates in an attempt to win votes, the ethics board said Tuesday. World Athletics Championship. The Athletics Integrity Unit had provisionally suspended Al Kamali from any athletics-related activities last October, preventing him from running for the post of Vice President of World Athletics, formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF).
World Athletics said in a statement that Al Kamali had allegedly gifted Rolex and / or UAE-branded Continental watches to delegates at the Congress of the African Athletics Confederation in 2015 while he was a member of the IAAF Council. Al Kamali admitted to giving watches to delegates, but said the retail value of the gifts did not exceed $ 40 to $ 50.
“Mr. Al Kamali has been found to violate the Code of Ethics for his conduct … by giving gifts of more than nominal value and failing to act with dignity and respect for his opponents as a candidate for IAAF office,” World said Athletics in a sentence. “The purpose of the prohibition on giving valuable gifts is to maintain the integrity and impartiality of IAAF officials and of the IAAF as an institution …
“Accordingly, the Panel deems it appropriate to impose a 6-month ban on Mr. Al Kamali from participating in any athletic-related activity, including the performance of any relevant position in athletics (whether at the national, regional or global level).” . Al Kamali has three weeks to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
