Lord Sebastian Coe, Olympic 1500m champion from Great Britain, is in Mumbai to grace a celebration of track & field medals won by India at major meets, the latest being a rich haul at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 Olympian faced the media in his capacity as President, World Athletics.

“The next four years are exciting for athletics. As I enter my last term as president, there will be a ruthless, relentless focus on the main product, ie athletics, guided by the way youngsters view the sport and their expectations from athletics,” he said, elaborating: “the focus will be based on data. There is no place for misplaced nostalgia. The process began at Budapest during World Athletics 2023, when we engaged with fans present in the stadium, viewers on television about what they want.”