Seb Coe
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Double Olympic Gold Medallist | President, World Athletics | IOC member | Former Chairman, London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
Joined February 2009
Introducing RUN X™ 😤 @Technogym, world leader in wellness and athletic training, joins forces with World Athletics to launch the first-ever World Treadmill Championship, RUN X™. Press release 🔗 https://t.co/YEodFLtwVc
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Really enjoyed talking to Martin Foster from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences @lborouniversity today as I filmed their 101st “Experts in Sport Podcast”. We covered a range of topics including my time at Loughborough, London 2012 - including getting Her Late Majesty
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The passing of Ming Campbell is a huge loss to Olympic sport, politics, and public life. He was a distinguished presence in all three. I will miss his friendship and wise counsel.
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A record number of nations won medals at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 from 13-21 September, during the most impactful edition of the sport’s flagship event in history. #WorldAthleticsChamps press release 🔗 https://t.co/Zb70B9dlEJ
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Highlight of any championship is heading to the warm up track to talk to athletes and crucially all the coaches and support staff - always so important to hear from those on the ground - and of course try and predict some outcomes for upcoming races!
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Very special to watch the 800m with @rudishadavid, Jackson Tuwei President of Athletics Kenya and Paul Tergat, one of Kenya’s greats
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The legacy of these events is so important, and I was delighted to meet some of the children taking part in the Kids Athletics initiative which aims to inspire the future athletes and fans through track based activities, invitations to watch the games and more. Thank you the
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Always a special event for me to hand out medals for, especially to a fellow @lborouniversity alumni @WATokyo25
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Nothing gives me greater pride than the strides with have made together in gender equity in Athletics. I was so pleased to have been able to kick off the Gender Leadership Conference during the @WATokyo25 Much achieved and still so much more to do.
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Great to be at MOWA, it’s always one of the fun moments in our championships and really is such a great tribute to our history and heroes. Thankyou to all our athletes who donated such important and personal items this year including Kenji Kimihara, Don Quarrie, Ellen van
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What an opening few days! Incredible performances and packed noisy stadium - and we’re not even halfway through yet!
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Incredible- congratulations @mondohoss600
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What a finish 👀- with a margin of victory less than in the 100m final!
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This week I’ve been struck by how emotional these World Championships feel for so many of our Japanese colleagues. Standing in this magnificent stadium before tonight’s session, I can’t help but remember the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics—when fans weren’t allowed inside. And it
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Our core activity is sport, but our business has to be entertainment. It is something I deeply believe in, and I was incredibly grateful to Bob Weis, the former President of Walt Disney Imagineering, for inspiring our 200 plus Federations this week in Toyko about the value of
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And so it begins - wonderful welcome in Tokyo and great to see all the final preparations in the stadium - it’s going to be a very exciting @WATokyo25 starting next weekend!
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