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Philip Barker: Parallel peers - the alike lives of Olympic champions Lord Burghley and Lord Coe

  • Inside the Blogs

This week’s virtual meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has confirmed the recommendation of five new members who will be introduced at the virtual Session on July 17.

The election of Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, will not come as a surprise.He is set

Coe had been favourite for the 800m, but was beaten by his great rival and compatriot Steve Ovett.

Everything came right for him a few days later.Although illness hampered his career, Coe defended his

doping, Coe said: "We consider this to be the most shameful abuse of the Olympic idea.

More than 60 years later, Coe took up the very same challenge but at high noon.



World Athletics President Coe proposed for IOC membership

  • Olympics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is set to become a member of the International Olympic Committee

IOC President Thomas Bach said Coe, in line to become the first World Athletics head to serve as an IOC

addressing a conflict of interest which had previously prevented him from joining the organisation.Bach said Coe

Because the Executive Board has full confidence in our friend Seb Coe they have decided to put the candidature

IOC President Thomas Bach said Sebastian Coe had agreed to address a conflict of interest ©Getty ImagesPrincess


Sport’s new normal - the shape of things during and after the coronavirus crisis

  • The Big Read

As the world of sport ponders on how best to return to action when the coronavirus crisis allows, there is a common requirement - maintaining the safety and health of participants and spectators.  But how to go about it? When to return? And with what changes, temporary or long-term?

But World Athletics President Sebastian Coe points out the limited value of homespun training regimes

circumstances and you can keep yourself in pretty good physical conditions in those circumstances," Coe

That’s how I think our sport can take a central role," Coe tells insidethegames.



World Athletics’ new strategic plan includes support campaign after research shows 88 per cent exercise boom in lockdown

  • Athletics

World Athletics will launch a new campaign to support those who have discovered the sport in lockdown, during which research indicates that exercise has increased by 88 per cent.

has been discussed today in three online meetings involving the World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe

federations.Noting that the World Athletics headquarters has been opened this week after an 11-week closure, Coe

the back of the increased physical activity of people in lockdown.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


FIFA and World Athletics among latest sporting bodies to reiterate anti-racism message

  • Olympics

FIFA and World Athletics are among the latest sporting organisations to issue statements as ongoing protests continue in the United States following the death of George Floyd.

must find our collective voice and practical actions #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/vmhvaramXf— Seb Coe

athletics' family have been rocked by this so I am going to call the sport together," said Sebastian Coe


Rudisha undergoes operation after breaking ankle at home in Kenya

  • Athletics

Kenya’s world 800m record holder David Rudisha, who has targeted winning a third consecutive Olympic title at that distance in Tokyo, today underwent surgery for a fractured ankle.

Olympic final was adjudged by former world 800m record holder and now World Athletics President Sebastian Coe



Mike Rowbottom: Eighty-five years on from 45 minutes of brilliance by Jesse Owens

  • Inside the Blogs

Eighty-five years ago today there took place one of the great feats in athletics, and sporting, history as Jesse Owens broke five world records and equalled a sixth in the space of 45 minutes.

the singlet his grandfather Jesse Owens wore at Ann Arbor to the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Misspelt street named in honour of one of Ireland's greatest Olympians to be corrected after 60 years

  • Athletics

The sign for a street named in honour of one of Ireland's greatest Olympic gold medallists Ronnie Delany is to be changed after 60 years, after it was spelled incorrectly when it was put in place.

nbsp;Delany is reportedly considering inviting his friend, World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe

happen but I said to the Mayor, I will bring Ronnie up to Strabane and we might be able to get Sebastian Coe


How Australian heroine Ford overcame dopers, her own Government and "traitor" slur to win famous Olympic gold

  • The Big Read

When Michelle Ford stood on the starting block of lane three for the Olympic 800 metres freestyle final on July 26 1980, she had East Germans to her left and right, in lanes one, four and five. A quick look at the results from the first five days of competition - and at the past two Olympic Games - showed what the Australian teenager was up against.

founding member of the IOC Athletes' Commission, in which capacity she joined Thomas Bach, Sebastian Coe



Stefanidi braves 39C heat to win second Ultimate Garden Clash

  • Athletics

Katerina Stefanidi, Greece’s reigning Olympic pole vault champion, won the second of the World Athletics Ultimate Garden Clash events today as she managed 34 clearances of 4.00 metres in the space of half an hour in exhausting heat at her local track in Athens.

Earlier today World Athletics President Sebastian Coe appeared in a video clip teeing the event up."

her nearest rival Katie Nageotte in the second Ultimate Garden Clash ©Getty ImagesEarlier in the week Coe