LAUSANNE. Switzerland. Dec 11: Lamine Diack, the new president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, was elected Saturday as a member of the International Olympic Committee, reports

Diack, of Senegal, was appointed as interim president of the world athletics body after the death last month o! Italy's Primo Nebiolo, who ran the IAAF for 18 years. Nebiolo was also an influential figure on the IOC since 1992.