IAAF was 'crumbling' - Coe hails progress

Sebastian Coe admits that athletics' world governing body was "crumbling" when he took over four years ago, but insists progress has been made on Russian doping and levelling the female playing field by forcing athletes such as Caster Semenya to regulate their testosterone levels.

"We've covered a lot of ground, there's no question about that," IAAF President Coe told AFP in an interview in Zurich, host of the opening Diamond League final.

"Some of it because I wanted to make changes... and some of it, I openly admit, was forced upon us.

"We've made a mountain of changes such as a proper constitution to meet modern demands. The centrepiece of that was the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), really the first of its kind in international sport, and that's working very well."
- Russia could not be ignored -
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"We couldn't do that until we had really secured the house and the house was crumbling."
"We were doing everything we possibly could do to concentrate on all elements, but it's very difficult to do when you're in the trenches -- and we were."
- Semenya 'not personal' -
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