European Athletics President Says There Is 'No Alternative' To Coe

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen said that IAAF President Sebastian Coe is "the right man to lead the sport out of its doping and corruption crisis and he has the support of all the European federations," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. Coe was elected head of the IAAF "last year as the scandal hit the sport." Hansen said, "He is the duly elected. I see no alternative to him. Seb is honest and a man of integrity. He has the full support, as far as I know, from all 51 (European) federations." European federations were "by no means overwhelmingly in support of Coe" in the presidential vote with many backing his opponent Sergey Bubka, who secured 92 votes to Coe's 115 (REUTERS, 1/26).