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Paula Radcliffe backs IAAF boss Coe to resolve latest doping mess

Updated on: 16 January,2016 01:12 AM IST  | 
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Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is confident IAAF president Sebastian Coe can get athletics back on track after the latest revelations over doping rocked the sport.

Paula Radcliffe backs IAAF boss Coe to resolve latest doping mess

Paula Radcliffe

London: Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is confident IAAF president Sebastian Coe can get athletics back on track after the latest revelations over doping rocked the sport.

Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe 


A second report compiled by an independent commission of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday that the IAAF Council, which included Coe, "could not have been unaware of the extent of doping in athletics".


British star Radcliffe agrees Coe is the right man to save the sport's tattered reputation. "Yes, I absolutely do believe that. He is a strong person," Radcliffe told Sky News.


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