Why is sebastian coe refered to as "lord" seb. coe?

americans don't recognize no faggy prefixes. he's seb to us.

Cause he's a Knight and if you give him shit he will smite you with his sword.

Same reason Bolt is an ambassador

run really fast, and your country gives you accolades

but you gotta run REALLY fast

Lord Coe

Lord Vader

Anyone care to guess which one didn't blood dope?

lol lol lol lol wrote:

Lord Coe

Lord Vader

Anyone care to guess which one didn't blood dope?

G@ylord Rupp?

It's actually Baron Coe of Ranmore in the County of Surrey. Now go polish my running spikes you annoying little peasant...

Ed Smallwood wrote:

Cause he's a Knight and if you give him shit he will smite you with his sword.

He's not a knight. He would be Sir Coe if that was the case. He was raised to the peerage in 2000 (entered the House of Lords), earning him his title.

Blood "doping" was actually legal in track & field until 1985. I have no idea whether or not his Lordship used the technique during his career however. Steve Ovett's coach Harry Wilson seemed to be keen on the concept. Renato and his fellow Italian coaches certainly were up to speed on the technique, I'm not sure Renato was a big fan of it though.

He was a politician in the House of Commons. Now he's in the House of Lords.

Motorbreath wrote:

Ed Smallwood wrote:

Cause he's a Knight and if you give him shit he will smite you with his sword.

He's not a knight. He would be Sir Coe if that was the case. He was raised to the peerage in 2000 (entered the House of Lords), earning him his title.

Actually that would make him Sir Sebastian.

In any case I think most people still say Seb Coe, or Sebastian Coe, or Coe.

I'm planning to take over Britain. Then I will be King Coe!!!!!!!! or, I guess King Sebastian, damn...

nouseforaname wrote:

Motorbreath wrote:

He's not a knight. He would be Sir Coe if that was the case. He was raised to the peerage in 2000 (entered the House of Lords), earning him his title.

Actually that would make him Sir Sebastian.

In any case I think most people still say Seb Coe, or Sebastian Coe, or Coe.

Touche. Someone's up to speed with Debrett's Correct Form.

mopak wrote:

Blood "doping" was actually legal in track & field until 1985. I have no idea whether or not his Lordship used the technique during his career however. Steve Ovett's coach Harry Wilson seemed to be keen on the concept. Renato and his fellow Italian coaches certainly were up to speed on the technique, I'm not sure Renato was a big fan of it though.

Coe was instrumental in getting blood doping added to the IAAF list of bans when he produced a paper with Lord Moynihan in 85, so I doubt he'd go out of his way to get it banned if he was using it to help him run faster!

I strongly doubt either Coe or Ovett ever used blood doping in their careers. There have been some cryptic responses and admissions from some of the long distance Italians and Finns in the late 70's & 80's, but it seems to me that there are only unsubstantiated rumours concerning the Brits. In fact, I can't think of any middle distance runners from that era being caught or admitting to using it, and I doubt any 800 or 1500 runners at the time considered it as much of a benefit.

I think the only PED use on the men's middle distance scene at the time was possibly the East Europeans, who always seemed to run above themselves (Beyer in Prague, Straub in Moscow) when ruuning in a Championship held behind the Iron Curtain. And then it was more probably steroids than blood transfusions.

Moreover, with Coe's huge profile in Athletics, then Politics and now with the IAAF and Olympics, I'm sure that the British press would have found and used something against him if there was any truth in wrong doing. They found out he cheated on his wife and published. But a blood doper? I really don't think so.

Lord Coe. wrote:

I'm planning to take over Britain. Then I will be King Coe!!!!!!!!

And in a few more decades, you could be Old King Coe!

There is certainly zero indication of Coe using blood transfusions. Wilson was quoted along the lines of as it's not illegal we'd give it some thought. Certainly no admission of use. Ovett's disastrous LA experience certainly looked a bit like blood doping gone wrong, but it could have been anything, who knows.

Renato has discussed the Italians use of the technique on a number of occassions.

The Finns and Russians used it routinely among their xc skiiers in those days. It's hard to imagine that it wouldn't have been also used among some of their distance runners.