Mexican track and field engulfed by crisis - Political infighting has led to chaos, with two men now recognized by competing bodies as president of the country’s athletics federation.

Less than 100 days before the start of the Beijing Olympics, Mexican track and field remains roiled in turmoil and political infighting with two men now recognized by competing bodies as president of the country’s athletics federation.

Last month, Eduardo Jimenez was appointed interim head of the Federacion Mexicana de Atletismo (FMA), replacing Mariano Lara, whose nearly five-year reign was marked by charges of incompetence, negligence and fraud. But on Sunday, after Antonio Lozano was elected president of the FMA in a vote held by the umbrella organization overseeing all of Mexico’s sports federations, Jimenez, with the support of the Mexican Olympic Committee, refused to step aside, making it unclear who, if anyone, is calling the shots.”*

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