The Athletics Integrity Unit has extended its deadline for attracting two new Board members by a week ©AIU

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), is seeking candidates for two positions on its Board, and has extended the closing date for applications by a week to Friday, February 14.

According to the latest AIU release, the extension by the AIU Board Appointments Panel has been made “to enable wider circulation of these vacancies."

The announcement that two Board candidates were being sought was made on December 19.

The panel "welcomes applications from any person (whether or not associated with athletics) who has significant experience in either anti-doping, other sport integrity matters (such as match fixing, fraud, corruption) or the law, and also has governance experience."

The Athletics Integrity Unit has extended its deadline for Board applications by a week until February 14 ©AIU
The Athletics Integrity Unit has extended its deadline for Board applications by a week until February 14 ©AIU

The AIU Board governs the AIU, which was established by the International Association of Athletics Federations (now World Athletics) in 2017.

Its role is "to protect the integrity of Athletics", which it does "through education and testing and by investigating and prosecuting anti-doping rule violations and other breaches of integrity within the World Athletics Rules and Regulations including the Integrity Code of Conduct and Rules based on the World Anti-Doping Code."

The AIU Board is responsible for approving the AIU’s strategy, annual plan, policies, and procedures for the Unit.

It also monitors the overall performance of the Unit and is required to report to the World Athletics Congress annually and to the World Athletics Council.