Having spent so long making his way through the Byzantine corridors of sports politics,can Sebastian Coe be trusted to drag the IAAF out of the gutter?During the run-up to the London Olympics Sebastian Coe was often asked what kept him awake at night. Every time he replied: “I don’t possess sleepless nights over anything.” From a tripling of the budget to a final-ditch panic over security staff, Lord Coe remained unruffled throughout.
It is tempting to wonder how he is sleeping now, or ensconced in the offices of the International organization of Athletics Federations in Monaco (where else) and working long days trying to get his head around the scale of the challenge he now faces in the face of devastating Russian doping claims.
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Source: theguardian.com