from those who appreciate the pressures of attempting to clamber aboard the podium.First up,  Lord Coe

half-way up a mountain in his native Austria his first words were: "Give my regards to my good friend Seb Coe

The now 60-year-old "Kaiser Franz," was to the downhill what Coe was to middle-distance running.

By Paul OsborneJanuary 27 - The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has today completed the re-structuring of its new website, making it easier to communicate with its 49 National Olympic Committee (NOC) members and giving it a platform for its Olympic vision.

Atlético Madrid shirtsNovember 2013: Hickey re-elected President of European Olympic Committees as Coe

By Duncan MackayJanuary 24 - Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan Toshiro Muto has been appointed chief executive of Tokyo 2020, working under ex-Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori, it was officially confirmed  today.

Games in 2020 while Muro will be 76 - a combined age of 159.In contrast, London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

giants of the past and, I suspect, the vast majority of the present.Great Olympians - among them Seb Coe

Think Seb Coe at Moscow 1980, coming second in the 800 metres and then winning the 1,500m, Muhammad

taking Lombardi's advice and not "getting up" after being "knocked down" he has lacked the resilience of Coe

plaudits that have been penned or spoken about him these past few days,including this tribute from Lord Coe

By Nick ButlerDecember 14 - Badminton World Federation (BWF) President Poul-Erik Høyer is "very happy" to be proposed as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, which was announced by President Thomas Bach today. 

who will also miss out on IOC membership however, at least for the time being, is Britain's Sebastian Coe

By Paul OsborneDecember 11 - London 2012 venue Lee Valley White Water Centre has become the official home to a host of Britain's top canoeists, including newly crowned double world champion and two-times Olympic medallist David Florence.

What we have at Lee Valley White Water Centre today is exactly what Lord Coe envisaged in 2005 when he

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) they claimed following a special summit chaired by Sebastian Coe

am really pleased that such a wealth of expertise in a single discipline could come together," said Coe

By Nick Butler at the Starling Hotel in LausanneDecember 5 - Kraków's campaign for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is distinctly Polish but with some events held across the Slovakian border for "topographical and geographical reasons," bid leader Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak has claimed.

athletic past and current status as a politician, a comparison with London 2012 bid leader Sebastian Coe

International Olympic Committee and members of the European Olympic Committees - among them the Lords Coe

Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe at Moscow 1980 is the most famous example.

It is a way to transcend sport, and in the case of Coe and Ovett to even reach the big screen.In Paralympic

the EOC involvement in the Games as senior consultant/executive director.Current BOA chair Sebastian Coe

the British media, has been the most rewarding chapter in my professional career," he added.Whether Coe

Coe could promote Seibel's extremely capable number two Miriam Wilkens.

By Duncan MackayNovember 25 - Athletics has had the number of competitors allowed to take part in the Olympics at Rio 2016 reduced by more than 200, it has been revealed. 

Sebastian Coe, vice-president of the IAAF and former chairman of London 2012, also claimed that he understood

really so I think we are fairly relaxed about it," he told insidethegames.IAAF vice-president Sebastian Coe

million) in revenues shared among the Federations from London 2012 but will earn less from Rio 2016.Coe

By Duncan Mackay at the Rome Cavalieri in RomeNovember 22 - Ireland's Patrick HIckey was today unanimously re-elected President of the European Olympic Committees until 2017 at the 42nd General Assembly here.

Executive Committee will have a fresh look to it as six new members were elected, including Sebastian Coe

Besides Coe and Arat, other new members elected to the Executive Committee were Slovakia's Frantisek

Romania's newly-elected International Olympic Committee member Octavian Morariu and Colin Moynihan, who Coe

EOC's Executive Committee by my colleagues and friends at Europe's National Olympic Committees," said Coe

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