British - Politician | September 29, 1956 -
Marathons don't come to you overnight.
Sebastian Coe
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In all Games, there is always a tendency, particularly in the lead up to the Games when there isn't much sport to talk about, to write about things that are not sport.
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We have to recognise there are very few countries you will take the Games to where somebody doesn't have issues on foreign or domestic policy.
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My overwhelming concern will always be the well-being of the athletes. In Olympic sport, it is rare for competitors not to devote half their young life to this. Their families will have given up all sorts of things to allow them to do that.
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Since the break-up of the 1990s, Russia has not had winter sports facilities. All the winter sport venues were effectively located in countries that are no longer part of the federation. There is a strong argument for saying Sochi's legacy will be this country will have winter sports facilities it did not have before.
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I still run every other day. Longer at weekends. I probably do 35 miles a week.
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My mother was Indian, brought up in Delhi. My grandparents were born in Bow and Poplar.
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I'm probably one of the few people who can say I did all three types of state sector schooling.
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I've always referred to my father as 'my coach' because we were always able to separate our relationship into the roles of coach and parent.
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I started daily training at the age of 14. When I was 16 years old, I was running twice a day.
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I was ecstatic when we won - to host the Olympics is one of the biggest opportunities in living memory. It will help change the lives of young people and transform east London.
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Interviewing Hugh McIlvanney, I got to read lots of his stuff again. I'm a big fan of his writing.
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