Guardian letter on Coe

How can Sebastian Coe`s remarks be taken seriously (Coe launches remarkable attack on BBC and Logan, 03/10/19)? Not only does he defend the indefensible and attack BBC presenters of the World Athletics Championships in Doha for rightly commenting on the practically empty stadium, he criticises the lack of "the more insightful stuff around the events". He clearly has never watched the presentation, where the insightful remarks on running, throwing and jumping make the so-called "punditry" on football programmes laughable.

As president of the IAAF, he must take much of the responsibility for the games taking place in such an unsuitable country. Surely a better policy would be to deny countries with limited human rights and gender equality the right to hold major sporting events until they reform? By all means question why Logan`s earnings from the BBC are way lower than Lineker`s, but by making such ill-informed remarks, Coe simply makes us question his judgement even more!