The Japan TimesDec 17
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he was as frustrated as anyone at the farcical situation surrounding the legal world record belonging to banned Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich's marathon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/17/more-sports/world-athletics-frustration-doping/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #sebastiancoe #worldathletics #doping
Legal restrictions on punishing dopers leave World Athletics chief frustrated

Ruth Chepngetich's astonishing run in Chicago in October 2024 remains the legal world record even though she was handed a three-year anti-doping ban this year.

The Japan Times
snorlax8917 at KillBaitSep 22, 2025

Climate Change May Force a Redesign of the Olympic Sports Calendar, Says Coe

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has suggested that the global calendar for Olympic sports may need to be 're-engineered' due to the challenges posed by climate change. This follows concerns raised after athletes faced extreme heat and humidity during the World Athletics Championships in Toky... [More info]

The Japan TimesSep 11, 2025
Years after hosting the Olympics behind closed doors, Tokyo's National Stadium will be in the spotlight as much as the star athletes during the World Athletics Championships, which begin this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/11/more-sports/national-stadium-world-championships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics #sebastiancoe #kengokuma #zahahadid
National Stadium to finally fulfill destiny years after hosting Olympics without fans

Originally built in 2019 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, National Stadium was robbed of its original purpose when the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down.

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Jimmy BergkvistJul 30, 2025

Detta är modern transfobi.

Att gömma sig bakom "vi vill ju bara att tävlingarna ska vara rättvisa...." är ohederligt och löjligt.

Men detta öppnar dörrar för andra att göra andra saker....

#SebastianCoe kommer ut som en förkämpe för fru Rowlings.

Nu vill jag se högprofil-idrottare protestera!!

https://omni.se/alla-kvinnor-konstestas-infor-friidrotts-vm-i-tokyo/a/o3qQnW

#Sverige #WorldAthleticsChampionship #WorldAthletics #Sports #Trans

Alla kvinnor könstestas inför friidrotts-VM i Tokyo

Från och med den 1 september kommer det internationella friidrottsförbundet World Athletics (WA) att könstesta alla kvinnliga deltagare, rapporterar Aftonbladet.

Omni
The Japan TimesJun 24, 2025
Sebastian Coe has two years left as World Athletics president, and he says next year's inaugural Ultimate Team Championship will remind the world the sport is "big and punchy and still there." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/24/more-sports/coe-athletics-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #sebastiancoe #worldathletics
It will be 'big and punchy': Athletics chief Coe looks to future

The World Championships arrive in September in Tokyo, and Coe describes them as 'a massive moment.'

The Japan Times
World news | The GuardianMar 20, 2025
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe denied in vote https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/20/kirsty-coventry-elected-first-female-president-ioc-sebastian-coe-denied-vote #InternationalOlympicCommittee #WinterOlympics #Australiasport #WorldAthletics #Sportpolitics #OlympicGames #SebastianCoe #USsports #Zimbabwe #Africa #Sport
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote

Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr suffered a crushing defeat in the first round of voting as Thomas Bach’s preferred successor secured a majority

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The Japan TimesMar 20, 2025
The race for the most powerful post in sports, the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, already enveloped in the secrecy, has become stranger — and much nastier — as decision day looms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/03/20/ioc-election-stranger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #ioc #thomasbach #sebastiancoe #kirstycoventry #juanantoniosamaranch
Strange race to lead Olympic sports gets stranger

Smear campaigns have targeted some of the leading contenders in the final days before the vote, scheduled for Thursday in Greece.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesMar 17, 2025
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee is nearing the finish line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/03/17/ioc-president-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #ioc #thomasbach #sebastiancoe #kirstycoventry #johaneliasch #princefeisalalhussein #davidlappartient #juanantoniosamaranchjr #morinariwatanabe
Heavyweight seven eye finish line in race to succeed Olympics chief

Surprises from the electorate of 100-plus IOC members cannot be ruled out in the battle to become the most powerful figure in sport governance.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJan 31, 2025
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, in the running to be IOC president, said on Thursday his decision to offer prize money to Paris 2024 Olympic champions of his sport should have been handled differently. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/01/31/coe-admits-prize-money-mistakes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #worldathletics #sebastiancoe #internationalolympiccommittee #thomasbach
Sebastian Coe admits mistakes in handling of prize money issue at Olympics

World Athletics announced its prize money decision unilaterally ahead of last year's Paris Games without consulting the IOC.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJan 31, 2025
Hope, experience, integrity and engaging with the youth of today were some of the messages the seven candidates bidding to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee delivered to fellow members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/01/31/ioc-presidential-candidates-make-pitches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #sebastiancoe #kirstycoventry #morinariwatanabe #princefeisalalhussein #davidlappartient #juanantoniosamaranch #thomasbach #johaneliasch
IOC presidential contenders make pitches to voters

They are vying to succeed Thomas Bach as arguably the most powerful person in global sports.

The Japan Times