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Olympic Games not just financial, it’s spiritual, says Lord Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics – ABC News
President of World Athletics, Lord Sebastian Coe, says the financial cost of a cancelled Olympics would be devastating, but that is not the main reason the Olympics…
The president of World Athletics says he is concerned for the wellbeing of athletes as they prepare for the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games amid the “rumours” of cancellation.
- Sebastian Coe remains confident the Games will go ahead
- Television rights deals provide 75 per cent of the Games’ revenue, with 90 per cent paid after the Games
- The cost of organising the Games has ballooned to more than $20 billion.
Lord Sebastian Coe, who is also a current IOC member and former UK member of Parliament, said he…
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