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  • 2 years ago
President of the World Athletics Sebastian Coe believes that he is the man to lead the International Olympic Committee ahead of the elections which is slated for March 18th.

Coe was announced as one of seven candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president. He indicated that he is well prepared for the role and that he has a vision for what he can bring to the position.
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00:00I want to work very much closer with the International Federations, I want to work
00:04more closely with the National Olympic Committees, I want to work more closely
00:07with broadcasters and with media, but I also want to work very closely with the
00:13athletes. The athletes are an essential part of this journey and each one of
00:19those stakeholders have their own interdependencies and those
00:23interdependencies depend on clarity of thinking from the largest and most
00:29influential sporting organization in the world which is the International
00:33Olympic Committee. We should be taking thought leadership
00:38positions and creating guidelines and principles for International Federations.