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Athletics won't strangle super-shoe innovation - Coe
Key takeaways
- Alisha Lovrich Image caption, Sebastian Coe has been president of World Athletics since 2015 but was unsuccessful in his bid last year to become president of the International Olympic Committee
- The 31-year-old Kenyan won Sunday's London Marathon in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, writing himself into history and breaking a barrier once thought by many to be impossible.
- "I don't think any society, any civilisation, any sector of the economy has been served well if you try to strangle innovation," Coe told BBC Sport Africa on a visit to Botswana before the World Relays.
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Alisha Lovrich Image caption, Sebastian Coe has been president of World Athletics since 2015 but was unsuccessful in his bid last year to become president of the International Olympic Committee
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the organisation will not "strangle innovation", following the debate around the so-called 'super shoe' which helped Sabastian Sawe become the first person to run a competitive marathon in under two hours.
The 31-year-old Kenyan won Sunday's London Marathon in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, writing himself into history and breaking a barrier once thought by many to be impossible.
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