What has the 10000m got to do with it? That hasn't been part of the Diamond League or its precursor for many years. In what way is Coe/IAAF responsible for the decline of this distance?
The IAAF Committee, not Coe alone, has removed the 5000m from the Diamond League set up, with the caveat that there can and probably will be just as many 5000m races at the DL meets, they just won't be part of the DL televised concept. Perhaps if any of the Kenyans or Ethiopians ran in more than 2 of these DL 5000m races last year, then it wouldn't have been dropped!? The IAAF made it clear that most of the 5000m competitors would be more likely to run in several 3000m races over the course of a DL season than over the 5k. It comes down to supply and demand.
The Worlds are every 2 years, the World Indoors are every 2 years, the Europeans are every 2 years! Why should X Country be any different?
No. Spain, Greece and Turkey have never been proven to have a state sponsored regime of covering up doping positives and tampering with nationals' samples at a home Olympics! A very different proposition altogether.
I'll give you that one. Whole-heartedly agree! The problem is that stating such is construed in some quarters as evidence of racism; which of course it is not to anyone who isn't driven by their own specific agenda.