Dope fight heads list of Bubka's priorities

Former Olympic champion Sergey Bubka thinks the fight against doping is the main task facing whoever triumphs in Wednesday's IAAF presidential election - a vote he is confident he will win.

Flanked by fellow Ukrainian sporting greats Andriy Shevchenko (soccer) and Vitali Klitschko (boxing) at a media event in Beijing, Bubka defended his sport's record in the battle against drug cheats but said clearly more needs to be done.

Bubka will take on another former sporting great in Britain's Sebastian Coe in Wednesday's vote, which has been overshadowed by allegations of wholesale doping in athletics over the past three weeks.