Has any sportsman or woman achieved so much in AND for their sport as Sebastian Coe?

Do not remove the triple jump. Last year at pre classic the triple jump was by far the most entertaining of the meet. But of course did have amazing charismatic jumpers there.

Joan Benoit Samuelson

Ekekek wrote:

Coe allegedly lied according to Bedford, reportedly to boost his chances of getting the IAAF job. This is not a man who should be trusted and he should resign immediately.

Bedford never accused Coe of lying. He stated that he sent Coe an email and Coe said he never read it but passed it on to the relevant department within the IAAF. Coe has done more to sort out the drugs issue and others than any of his most recent predecessors.

CrossFan wrote:

Joan Benoit Samuelson

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Deanouk wrote:

Ekekek wrote:

Coe allegedly lied according to Bedford, reportedly to boost his chances of getting the IAAF job. This is not a man who should be trusted and he should resign immediately.

Bedford never accused Coe of lying. He stated that he sent Coe an email and Coe said he never read it but passed it on to the relevant department within the IAAF. Coe has done more to sort out the drugs issue and others than any of his most recent predecessors.

Coe obviously lied. I never stated that Bedford accused him. Bedford simply provided some facts which showed that Coe lied. Surely you would understand that if you did not idolize him. Maybe you are Coe. Either way, Coe obviously has poor character.

Thank you. Coe is exactly the sort of posh entitled Tory who are currently leading the UK into the toilet.

red glare wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Ask Aouita to explain how weight gain is a function of calories eaten

Plenty cycle steroids & hGH for improved recovery, like baseball pitchers. May have been on amphetamines as well, certainly, which curbs weight gain. Jesus, some people on here only see what's most obvious.

speed is legal out of competition. You can use as much as you want for training or weight loss. It's been unusable in-comp for olympics since 1968. But was Coe tested at the meet where he ran 1:41? When did testing start at every record-eligible meet?

Speed is a substitute adrenaline that works better than adrenaline because it lasts longer. It is exactly the sort of drug that produces outlier performances, and still the best PED ever invented. Look at all the sprinters who used to get popped for just pseudoephedrine.

I for one don't believe for a New York minute that Coe was clean of speed, anabolics or any other major PED used by the elites of his day. Elite track is a farce where "clean" status is reserved for the athletes with enough high-tech backing to stay ahead of testing, and testing is so inept that it bans argon huffing on the grounds that hydrogen sulfide is toxic.

All of Coe’s world records required a drug test, as per the rules of the time.

Coe was tested out of competition by UK athletics from 1985.