Supreme Council for Youth and Sport first deputy chairman, General Sports Authority (GSA) chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa received World Athletics president Sebastian Coe and conveyed to him greetings from His Majesty King Hamad.
Shaikh Khalid and Coe reviewed international and continental athletics achievements which have enabled Bahrain to feature on the world sports map.
They also discussed co-operation which would contribute to developing international athletics further.
Present at the meeting were GSA deputy chairman Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, GSA chief executive Dr Abdulrahman Askar and Bahrain Athletics Association president Mohammed Abdullatif bin Jalal.