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mittees. It was chaired by Athletics Kenya President Technical Sub-Committee
Jackson Tuwei.
e LOC through the Technical Directorate had Name Designation
to contract individuals or companies to assist in
achieving and fi nalizing its work. e LOC assisted 1 Ibrahim Hussein Director
by facilitating most of the technical requirements and 2 Paul Mutwii Deputy Director
bringing in extra expertise to perfect the preparation 3 Benjamin Njoga Athletics Kenya (AK)
and the running of the Championships. Executive
4 Francis Afundi AK Affi liate Member
Venue Infrastructure 5 Elizabeth Anono Secretary
6 Lilian Nzile Stadium Manager
KYEB
7 John Ruga
Sports Kenya (SK) Engineer
e Technical Directorate was responsible for pro-
8 Henry Lebo
AK Asset
viding a venue to the specifi cations set for the event
9 Geoff rey Macharia
Equipment.
and agreed in the contract with the IAAF. e venue
Accountant
10 George Kariuki
includes the competition area, warm-up areas, a
11 Damary Atila
Equipment
training venue and ancillary facilities for competition
12 Moses Mwamiry
Information Technology
management. Preparation work on the venue infra-
structure included construction and refurbishment
Iaaf appointment of delegates
of permanent facilities and installation of temporary
facilities.
ere may also be a requirement to manage the
Technical delegates
venue during the period of the event.
e IAAF has introduced a certifi cation programme
based upon the goal that all facilities, synthetic sur-
International Association of Athletics Federations
faces, implements and equipment built for use in Technical Delegates were appointed by the
(IAAF), two years in advance.
international competitions conform to IAAF speci-
KENYA YEARBO0K
fi cations and therefore guarantees the validity of the
1. Sylvie Barlag (Netherlands),
performances and the quality of the product.
2. Jose Luis De Carlos (Spain)
It was the Technical team’s duty to ensure that
all athletics items used in the Championships, from 3. Imre Matrahazi - IAAF Technical Manager
EDITORIAL BOARD
equipment to track surfaces were of the requisite e initial list had Luis Saladie (Spain) who was re-
standard, manufactured in accordance with IAAF placed by Imre Matrahazi.
technical requirements, and, most importantly,
guarantee the safety of the athletes. Photo Finish Judge
Sports Kenya Ville Aho (Finland)
Sports Kenya being the main body that runs Sports International Starter:
in the country, played a central role in the Technical
and Competition Directorate. ey provided trained Ubiratan Martins (Brazil)
personnel who understood the venues and had ex-
perienced with the facilities. International Technical Offi cials (ITO’s)
Sports Kenya handed over the facility to LOC in
good time which enabled proper standardization of In addition to the appointment of various Technical
the venues as required by IAAF. Delegates, IAAF was required to appoint key
International Technical Offi cials (ITOs) to assist the

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