IAAF president says he understands gravity of the issue as senior figures say crisis engulfing sport is worse than Fifa scandal
Sebastian Coe,the president of world athletics’ embattled governing body, will be under further pressure on Thursday as fresh allegations are outlined of widespread corruption at the heart of the sport.
The crisis facing world athletics has grown over the past two years to the level where many consider it to be worse than the turmoil enveloping Fifa that led to the downfall of Sepp Blatter, or mass arrests by the US Department of Justice and a generation of executives being implicated in a $200m-plus bribery scandal.
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Source: theguardian.com