Tag: Sebastian Coe

“Look,” says President of World Athletics,  Sebastian Coe, leaning towards his left side with a smile. His white upper teeth were visible, his hair upright as if the wind was blowing “athletics in Ghana has huge potential,” he adds. The grin disappeared, drawing seriousness. A couple of minutes earlier, he was on a podium with a lectern before him.  It was at the Columbia Conference room at Valley River Inn hotel, Oregon. He delivered almost an hour of speech to member associations during a breakfast meeting, enumerating how everyone has a role to play to make the sport better. https://youtu.be/-PCL8ail1DI In that conversation, the vision of World Athletics for the next six years was spelled out in plain language to presidents of 100s of member associations. “On...