World Athletics chief Coe said he was open to the possibility of moving some indoor sports from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics if he became the new president of the International Olympic Committee.
Two-time British 1500m Olympic champion releases manifestoexternal It took place on Thursday morning with six candidates to replace Thomas Bach next year.
He told BBC Sport: “Innovation is extremely important. We have to be open to new ideas.”
Coe vowed to shake up the IOC, arguing that “too much power is in the hands of too few people.”
Describing the election as a “dance that I couldn’t sit through,” Coe said, “As a member, the question I ask myself is, ‘What do I and other members have to say?'” .
“And the reality is, it’s not enough. I don’t know if we’re making the most of the extraordinary talent that we have alongside me. The IOC is not a broken organization, but it could be better, and it needs to change. It’s necessary.”
Coe’s proposals include revitalizing youth sports, introducing “clear, science-based policies” to protect the female category, and the introduction of “clear, science-based policies” to protect the female category, as the sports world continues to debate gender eligibility rules. It reinforces previous commitments to listen to voices.
He added: “To sustain the Games, we have to grow not only financially, but also in reach and relevance. Commercial partners and broadcasters want to modernize.”
Speaking at Stratford’s Olympic Park, Mr Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Organizing Committee, said: “Climate change is fundamentally changing our global calendar, where we hold events, and how much of the year we hold. “We will have to think about when to hold it,” he added. We host events.
“And some people have suggested that we might want to look at the balance between the Winter Games and the Summer Games.
“There are also venues that will host some sports indoors. In theory, it would be possible to bring them to another time, perhaps to the Winter Olympics.
“These are all things that I want to encourage discussion, because only then can we throw out things that might not work.
“Only if you work with winter sports and all the organizations out there. We have the National Olympic Committee Association, we also have the summer federations that we represent, and part of that has to be a collaborative approach. But I think we should always be open to new and fresh ideas. ”
Last year, the IOC acknowledged the “need to adapt the Winter Olympics”, saying research showed only 10 countries would be able to host snowsports by 2040 due to the effects of climate change.
Currently, there are four indoor sports at the Winter Olympics: speed skating, figure skating, curling, and ice hockey.
In a controversial move, World Athletics, under Coe’s leadership, introduced cash prizes for gold medalists at the 2024 Paris Games.
“A lot of what I did at World Athletics was controversial,” he said.
“It’s not something I shy away from. In a world that changes every five minutes, we need to be very open to accepting analyzes that don’t necessarily match how we see the world. And we need to embrace that. .”
Mr Koh was named to this summer’s gold medal after two athletes, Imane Kerif and Lin Yuting, who were disqualified from the previous year’s world championships for not meeting the eligibility criteria for men and women, were cleared by the IOC to compete. He vowed to avoid a repeat of the Olympic boxing controversy. Both claim to be women.
“In terms of the women’s category,[its inclusion in the manifesto]was non-negotiable,” Ms Koh said.
“If you don’t have a clear policy, you end up where you ended up in Paris. The relief for me was that that didn’t happen in athletics.”
Under Coe, World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in the women’s division of international competitions and tightened rules regarding the participation of athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD).
