Coe to stand for second term as IAAF chief

ByReuters

Published 31/01/2019 at 08:32 GMT

ABU DHABI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe on Thursday all but confirmed that he would run for a second term as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at the global governing body's congress in September.

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The 62-year-old Briton was elected to the post in Beijing in 2015 amidst a storm of doping scandals and has spent much of his term trying to battle the use of banned substances in the sport.

While he admits that job is not yet done, he feels track and field also needs to be transformed over the next few years by innovative presentation and competition structures to engage a wider, and younger, audience.

"I have a passion to see that through," Coe, the chief organiser of the 2012 London Olympics, told the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Abu Dhabi.

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