Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ world governing body, and five co-defendants are set to go on trial in Paris on Jan. 13 over corruption charges linked to the Russian doping scandal.
RFE/RL: Russian doping corruption case reaches Paris court
In this file photo taken on Aug. 21, 2015 Outgoing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack speaks during a press conference in Beijing ahead of the 2015 IAAF World Championships. The trial of former IAAF chief Lamine Diack and five others, prosecuted for corruption over doping in Russia, will be held on Jan. 13, 2020 in Paris.
