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Lord Coe tight-lipped on 'grotesque' Games
The Chronicle
|September 19, 2025
ATHLETICS World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe refused to comment on the Enhanced Games after provisionally suspended former world 100m champion Fred Kerley became the first track athlete to join the highly controversial event.
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One of the venture-capital backed event's self-proclaimed selling points is its compensation package.
A payout of one million US dollars (£732,675) is on offer for any athlete who completes the 100m faster than Usain Bolt's world record.
"I'm not discussing Enhanced Games," insisted Lord Coe, speaking at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo on day six of the World Athletics Championships.
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of The Chronicle.
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