byRBR AdminThis is one of those pieces that I wish I had written. I was in Congress media room when Kelly Sotherton found out that she would be an IAAF Athlet Delegate. She had told friends that she really hoped that she would get at least some votes. Kelly, you did quite well.
As Mike Rowbottom knows all to well, Seb Coe has the weight of the sport on his shoulders. With support such as Kelly Sotherton and other like minded souls, the sport will right itself and, with dramatic innovation in some areas, and fine tuning in others, and throwing some things out with the bathwater in others.
We are coming to a time of great change!
Mike Rowbottom: Coe prepares his shears as China sees fruit of its labours
- Thursday, 27 August 2015
The event officially opened here last Saturday by the Chinese President was not just the International Association of Athletics Federations’ World Championships – it was self-styled as the Green Championships, with concern for the environment being one of its key elements.
As Xi Jinping declared the 15th version of former IAAF President Primo Nebiolo’s Big Idea open, the giant “tree” which had been constructed alongside the back straight of the Bird’s Nest stadium was made to turn green, shooting out fresh leaves and revealing each version of these Championships in the form of enormous fruit.
The day before, a peach-stone’s throw from the stadium at the Chinese National Convention Centre, Sebastian Coe was elected as the man now charged with pruning and re-shaping the sport of athletics as its next President. His shears will need to be sharp.
Following the latest elections at the IAAF Congress, Coe is now taking the opportunity to appraise the hand with which he has been played.
To read the story in its’ original version, please go to: http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1029602/mike-rowbottom-coe-prepares-his-shears-as-china-sees-fruit-of-its-labours
