For Sebastian Coe, one of Britain's greatest athletes, the glory of winning Olympic gold medals comes in second to clinching the Olympics Games for London in 2012. "Am I prouder of what we did as a ...

Coe was, by a distance, the most qualified candidate, as a two-time Olympic 1500m champion who later ... eight first-round votes for Sebastian Coe, out of a possible 97, is a humiliating result ...

Sebastian Coe is aware of this, and has been for a very long time. In September 1981, Coe was 24 years old, the reigning Olympic champion at 1500m, when he first spoke to a room full of (mostly ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe insisted Sunday that ... IOC veteran Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr received 28 votes, while Coe, twice Olympic 1500m champion for Britain, received just eight.

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry succeeds Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee president; the 41-year-old becomes the ...

Sebastian Coe’s bid to become president of the International ... where he won Olympic gold in the 1500m at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. Coe led the bid and organising teams for the London ...

Lord Sebastian Coe, considered one of the frontrunners in ... where he won Olympic gold in the 1500m at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. Coe led the bid and organising teams for the London 2012 ...

Sebastian Coe received just eight votes in his bid for ... He went on to win Olympic gold in the 1500m at the 1980 and 1984 Games. Victory would have been the crowning glory of a stellar career ...

Kirsty Coventry elected as the 10th – and first female – president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year history. The former Zimbabwean swimmer, 41, was Thomas Bach's preferred ...

Sebastian Coe's bid to become president of the International ... where he won Olympic gold in the 1500m at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. Coe led the bid and organising teams for the London ...