Despite his record running London 2012 and World Athletics, the Olympian cannot count on winning the popularity contest
ran a punishing 14.4 miles up the Derwent Valley, defying everything that nature and the elements dared to throw at him. “It was a hard effort, a 5:30 pace in wet tracksuits and slickers,” wrote the Olympic marathoner Kenny Moore, who tried to keep up. “The wind and rain howled out of the Pennines, stopping the men cold in places, blowing white water back up from the spillways into the lakes.”
But his path to victory is far trickier than anything he faced on that wintry run in the Pennines. Because not only does Coe have to persuade the majority of the IOC’s eclectic membership of 111 voters – which includes royalty, former athletes, sports administrators and politicians – he also has to do so while Bach does everything in his power to stop him.
Coventry, who won seven Olympic medals and would be the first woman to get the job, has the advantage of being Bach’s preferred candidate. She is also seen as intelligent and political. But for some she is still inexperienced at 41, and may not attract the majority of African votes. Yet no one in the field has a better CV than Coe. A double Olympic champion, who ran the London 2012 Games and then became the president of one of the biggest sports? And, for good measure, has had a successful commercial career and been a government whip? That ticks a lot of boxes.Coe can also point to his achievements and willingness to take tough decisions at World Athletics. The Athletics Integrity Unit has become the gold standard for catching dopers.
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