BOGOTA Uomo Nike Air VaporMax Plus Nere Italia , Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's president Wednesday presided over the official send-off of the country's athlete delegation to the South American Games, to be held in Santiago, Chile from March 7 to 18.


After presenting the 395-member delegation with Colombia's flag, President Juan Manuel Santos had a few words of encouragement for his country's top athletes.


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"Every victory of any athlete has very positive repercussions, a very positive impact on all Colombians," added Santos.


Colombia topped the medals table at the last South American Games, held in 2010 in the Colombian city of Medellin, with 144 gold, 124 silver and 104 bronze medals.


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The IAAF confirmed Friday the list of candidates that will vie for various positions at the helm of the world body. Kiplagat and fellow African and president of Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) Hamad Kalkaba Malboum from Cameroon, were listed among seven contestants for the vice-presidency.


Sitting vice-president and world pole vault record holder Sergey Bubka from Ukraine, who is also gunning for the presidency against retired British middle distance legend Sebastian Coe, is among the list. The other candidates are Abby Hoffman (Canada), Dahlan Al Hamad (Qatar), Alberto Juantorena Danger (Cuba) and Bernard Amsalem (France).


Last month Uomo Nike Air Max Plus TN Ultra Blu Italia , the veteran Kenyan supremo, who has been in administration for four decades and leading AK for the last 22 years, announced he asked Kalkaba to withdraw to bolster Africa's chances of nailing one of the four seats.


"Kalkaba declined to step down for me, but that is not a problem. We can each vie for the post but only one African will likely get a seat. There are four positions and there is the likelihood of Abby stepping down and Bubka is running for the presidency," said Kiplagat.


Kiplagat is also in contention to retain his seat as a member of the IAAF Council he has held for over 15 years.


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He is hinging his campaigns on grassroots development, new formats and events, athlete welfare and education and a drug free sport having indicated he would step down from the leadership of the local federation if elected to the vice-presidency.


AK vice-president in-charge of Competition and Administration David Okeyo will defend the chairmanship of the IAAF Cross Country Committee against Saad Al-Hiyasat of Jordan and Carlos Cardoso of Portugal.


Okeyo is also in the race for one of the eight member seats in the committee he heads at the world governing body that has attracted 26 contestants.


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Joseph Ochieng, Member of IAAF Race Walking Committee, rounds of the list from the country that has an established tradition in long distance running excellence.

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MADRID, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have announced they will appeal against the transfer ban imposed on them by FIFA on Thursday.


The governing body of world football has banned both clubs from registering new players this coming summer and in January 2017 for irregularities in signing players for their respective youth systems, highlighting that Atletico had broken the rules between 2007-2014 and Real Madrid between 2005-2014.


The ban is similar to that which FC Barcelona have just completed for similar offenses and like Barca