Last updated on .From the section Sport AfricaSenegal's former World Athletics president Lamine Diack during his corruption trial in France in 2020Senegal's disgraced former World Athletics president Lamine Diack is a "worthy son of the nation" according to the man who has organised to pay a surety to allow his return home. "[Diack's return to Senegal] was a moment of joy and pride. Then IAAF boss Diack tells the BBC in 2015 there has been no doping 'cover-up' in athleticsSupportive SenegalDespite the scandal, Diack has always enjoyed support in Senegal with a group called the 'Collectif Lamine Diack' organising several demonstrations. Another local journalist and former president of the Senegalese sports journalist union, Mamadou Koume, is very close to Diack. "Lamine Diack represents a lot of things for people of my generation but also for the youth," he told BBC Afrique.

Source: BBC May 12, 2021 12:33 UTC