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IT’S BEEN a long and, at times, very dark year. However, as Seb Coe sat in the stands of the Olympic Stadium in Rio this summer he could clearly make out some shafts of light starting to break through the clouds which have been hanging over athletics.
“TO PARAPHRASE MARK TWAIN, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR DEATH IS A LITTLE PREMATURE”