Seb Coe could become IAAF President!

[Stu]

Lord Coe, who is already a member of the ruling council of the International Association of Athletics Federations, athletics' world governing body, is understood to have been approached by at least three national federations to make himself available for election to the IAAF presidency when a ballot is staged in Osaka, Japan, in August next year.

That Coe is being lobbied to stand for the IAAF presidency - probably the third most powerful elected position in world sport after the head of the Olympics and of football body FIFA - is a demonstration of the frustration and fears of other possible outcomes.

The president since 1999, Lamine Diack, has stuck by London after awarding the city the 2003 athletics World Championships, after the government failed to deliver on its promise of building a stadium for the event. Despite this disappointment, and his strong ties with France, Diack is known to have voted for London at last year's 2012 Olympic ballot.  But Diack's years in charge are now being characterised as ones of drift. Global television viewing figures for the sport's prestige Golden League are at all-time lows, and the IAAF is now almost entirely dependent on Asian sponsors for its funding. Diack will be 74 by the time of next year's election.

Standing in the wings, eager to take on the presidency, is the head of Greek athletics, the broadcasting and shipping billionaire Minos Kyriakou, an American-educated polyglot, Kyriakou owns the world's largest private collection of Nazi memorabilia, as well as running Greece's edition of Penthouse magazine.

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[baron-pierreIV]

Standing in the wings, eager to take on the presidency, is the head of Greek athletics, the broadcasting and shipping billionaire Minos Kyriakou, an American-educated polyglot, Kyriakou owns the world's largest private collection of Nazi memorabilia, as well as running Greece's edition of Penthouse magazine.

Then Kyriakou should definitely become IAAF president.  Those are good qualifications for an over-rated organization.

[arwebb]

You'd make an interesting recruitment consultant, Baron, I'll give you that.

It's surely no real surprise that Coe is being talked about for the IAAF presidency after the job he did winning the Olympics for London. Turning round an organisation going nowhere fast sure looks tempting.