World athletics chief Sebastian Coe blasted the "obsession" with Usain Bolt as track and field entered its new era without the Jamaican showman at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
Coe said there was no shortage of athletics talent for the Games, the first major competition since Bolts retirement last year left the sport with a void to fill.
"This obsession with...," said Coe, before stopping himself and adding: "There are plenty of athletes around.
"Are we going to replace Usain Bolt? Probably not, because you dont replace Muhammad Ali.
"But Marvin Hagler and Manny Pacquiao and (Julio Cesar) Chavez and the great boxers came through."
"But dont construe the fact that we dont have Usain as suddenly weve lost a generation of talent. Its there."
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