In an interview with Bruce McAvaney for ABC Sport Daily, IOC president candidate Sebastian Coe opens up about the burning topics impacting the future of the Olympics.
Behind closed doors in Switzerland earlier this week, seven candidates for the International Olympic Committee presidency made their pitches as to why they should take on one of the most important roles in world sport.
There is royalty in Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan. There is the International Ski Federation president Johan Eliasch, and Union Cycliste Internationale president David Lappartient.There is the Japanese head of world gymnastics, Morinari Watanabe, who has a bold plan to turn the Olympics into a 24-hour show, with events hosted on each continent throughout future Olympic Games.
Thomas Bach is stepping aside as IOC president after seeing out his term, having overseen the Paris Olympic with French president Emmanuel Macron .After that moment, directly following the March 20 poll, the winner will be announced. A three-month transition period follows, before the official takeover in June.
Silver medal winner Sha'carri Richardson receives her gifts from Sebastian Coe after the women's 100m final at the Paris Games.The criticism will come. On the topic of gender in sport — one which brings the most heated of arguments on both sides — Coe is possibly most adamant he's been in all the major subjects discussed.
"I'm long enough in the tooth to know that but we made the right decision and we have given a very clear steer.On other subjects, Coe toes a delicate line. A line that moves back and forth on the whim of the people in power, and requires a careful but provisioned eye to move when moving is required. "As we all know, there've been some terrible, devastating fires in that Los Angeles area, but the venues that will be used in 2028 haven't been damaged.
"I'm effectively an honorary Australian, but I think we have to be really clear. The world changes every 10 minutes. You and I know that, the world knows that. I think it's possibly not the best way to deliver or to choose a venue 12, 13 years out because you don't know strategically where the world is going to shift.
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