A packed Stade de France during the 9th IAAF World Championships (© Getty Images)
The delegations of cities bidding for the 2009 edition of the IAAF World Championships include a number of leading personalities from politics and sport:
Berlin
Otto Schily - Minister of Interior of Germany
Klaus Wowereit - Governing Mayor of Berlin
Klaus Böger - Senator for Youth, School and Sport
Dr. Clemens Prokop - President of DLV (German Athletics Federation)
Werner Gegenbauer - Chairman of the Bidding Committee
Heike Drechsler - Olympic and World Champion
Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth - Olympic Champion
Split
Miroslav Bulicic - Mayor, City of Split
Luciano Susanj - President of the Croatian Federation (former European champion at 800m)
Jakša Milicic - President of the Bidding Committee
Madlena Svagusa - General Secretary of Bidding Committee
Valencia
Cristobal Grau - Sports Councilor-Valencia City Hall
Jose Maria Odriozola - President of RFEA
Jose Luis De Carlos - Director of RFEA
David Serra - Secretary of Sports-Regional Government
Glory Alozie - Olympic and World silver medallist
The order of presentations has been decided by a draw this afternoon during a meeting of the IAAF Advisory Board and will be:
Berlin
Valencia
Split
Presentations will start at 14:45 (12:45 GMT) and each presentation will last a maximum of 45 minutes. (includes 15 minutes for questions and answers).