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Coe among seven candidates to be new IOC president
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Coe among seven candidates to be new IOC president

Image caption,Lord Coe is in his third term as president of World Athletics World Athletics president Lord Coe has been named as one of seven confirmed candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president. Bach announced at the Paris Olympics last month that he intends to stand down after the end of his second term next year. Britain’s two-time Olympic 1500m champion Coe faces competition from Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, France’s David Lappartient, Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, Japan’s Morinari Watanabe, Swede Johan Eliasch and Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan. Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, is bidding to become the first woman and African to head the IOC. German lawyer Bach has been in charge since 2013. The new...
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Investment and development in the spotlight as Coe visits Confederation of African Athletics
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Investment and development in the spotlight as Coe visits Confederation of African Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe with the CAA Council World Athletics President Sebastian Coe reiterated the importance of African athletics and highlighted the strides made in the sport during a visit to Cameroon for the recent Council meeting of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA).Coe shared updates from World Athletics, including the promotion of athletes and the sport through innovations such as the launch of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship for 2026, the new Netflix series ‘Sprint’, the publication of World Athletics’ four-year business strategy ‘Pioneering Change’ and World Athletics’ introduction of prize money for Olympic gold medallists – an initiative aimed at further ensuring athlete welfare, empowerment&nb...
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On World Refugee Day, Coe highlights importance of Kids’ Athletics for all
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On World Refugee Day, Coe highlights importance of Kids’ Athletics for all

© AHEEN / MorisAlbert As the first international sports federation to establish a refugee team, and following the work done with the Kids' Athletics programme, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has marked World Refugee Day (20 June) by highlighting how crucial it is that the sport continues to widen its reach. Earlier this year, in collaboration with World Athletics, a four-day Kids’ Athletics workshop was held at the Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei integrated settlements in north-western Kenya as part of the larger Athletics and Education programme implemented by AHEEN (African Higher Education in Emergencies Network). AHEEN, a network of African institutions, aims to keep young people that are in refugee communities in school and education, informed by principl...
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Coe talks vision and innovation on the Inside Track podcast
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Coe talks vision and innovation on the Inside Track podcast

In the second episode of a new series on the World Athletics Inside Track Podcast, released today (28 March), World Athletics President Sebastian Coe opens up on innovation, records, the sport’s profile and Paris in conversation with Sanya Richards-Ross and Richard Kilty.From his vision for World Athletics to his advice for athletes and organisers in the build-up to the Olympic Games, Coe shares insight into the past and future of the sport.On his vision for World Athletics"I don’t think our challenge is any different from any of the other sports. The holy grail in any sport is: how do you get young people involved, how do you remain exciting and salient, and how do we get into their landscape? All these things are what we are figuring out. We have an innovation unit at World Athletics, it...
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Ukraine Fund provides athletes with equipment in Budapest 
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Ukraine Fund provides athletes with equipment in Budapest 

(© Getty Images) World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has met with members of the Ukrainian team and newly elected World Athletics Council member Nataliya Dobrynska in Budapest to deliver much-needed equipment provided by the Ukraine Fund. The fund – which was established by World Athletics, together with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) and Members of the Diamond League Association, last year and renewed in May – was created to support elite athletes affected by the conflict in their home country. Its primary purpose is to ensure that Ukrainian athletes can continue to train, qualify for and participate in World Championship events, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. A team of 29 Ukrainian athletes is currently competing at the World Athlet...
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Coe: ‘Budapest’s promotion of World Championships will be boost to athletes’
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Coe: ‘Budapest’s promotion of World Championships will be boost to athletes’

© Getty Images On the eve of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe praised the hard work of the local organising committee, explaining how their efforts will be appreciated by some 2000 athletes set to compete in the Hungarian capital between 19-27 August. Branding for the event can be seen at every turn in Budapest, from the moment people land at the airport, to the trams and buses that transport fans around the city. And this, says Coe, will result in athletes being inspired to be at their absolute best. “It’s a week ago that I arrived in Budapest,” he said, speaking at the official pre-event press conference. “On the first morning I met the Mayor, and on the second morning I met the President. From those opening moments, it ...
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Coe re-elected and will preside over historic gender equal Council 
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Coe re-elected and will preside over historic gender equal Council 

(© Laszlo Zsigmond) World Athletics President Sebastian Coe was elected for a third term at the 54th World Athletics Congress in Budapest on Thursday (17).Ximena Restrepo was re-elected as a Vice President and will be joined by newly elected Vice Presidents Raul Chapado, Adille Sumariwalla and Jackson Tuwei.A total of 192 voting members of Congress voted for Coe and three abstained. Under the World Athletics Constitution, this will be Coe’s final term as President.In 2019, Restrepo, the 1992 Olympic 400m bronze medallist from Colombia, became the first woman to be elected as a World Athletics Vice President.As part of the widespread reforms adopted by the World Athletics Congress at the end of 2016, World Athletics added minimum gender targets into its constitution to establish parity a...
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