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IRINA PRIVALOVA AWARDED IAAF SILVER ORDER OF MERIT
ROBERT STINSON AND JACK AGRIOS RECEIVE SAME HONOUR

23 October 2001 – MONTE CARLO – Monaco – During a ceremony in Moscow
last Saturday, the President of the International Association of
Athletics Federations, Lamine Diack decorated with the IAAF Silver Order
of Merit three personalities – Robert Stinson (GBR), Irina Privalova
(RUS) and Jack Agrios (CAN) – who in differing fields of activity have
made exceptional contributions to the world athletics movement.
Robert Stinson, a talented athlete in his younger days, has for many
years been a member of the IAAF Council and the Association’s Honorary
Treasurer; Irina Privalova, the world record holder over 50m and 60m
indoors is the current Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion; Jack Agrios
QC is the man who took the IAAF World Championships to North America,
and more specifically to Edmonton, Canada, for the first time, with
great organisational and financial success.
All three were applauded warmly by the members of the athletics
movement, with a special ovation for the decoration of Irina Privalova.
Walking up to the stage in maternity clothes, the 33-year-old Russian
champion assured her fans that she planned to return to competition in
2003 in time for the 9th IAAF World Championships in Paris.

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