their mates rise to the top. Not that I'm bitter. He became a peer when he lost his seat... I was always an Ovett man myself, but I have to admit that at his prime Coe was the business.Why did he become a peer?? - who cares. there are far less deserving cases

the three of them, or whether favouritism was evenly spread.Votes please (and we're talking athletic career only, try not to allow BBC contracts or raving Toryism to cloud your judgement!):Totals so far:---------------Ovett: 1Cram: 0Coe: 0 Ovett: 2Cram: 0

should I put it, a bit dated. despite Coe becoming a Tory twat after he retired from athletics, he has redeemed himself somewhat in my eyes with the London OlympicsBUT - the UK could do with more runners of his ilk and his contemporaries like Ovett

" ... ?I'm afraid you'll have to come out and utter what was said, I want to know!I know Linford wasn't happy with being called a "steroid athlete" by John McVicar, he won that libel action ... Coe may have had slower times then Ovett when 15 but he soon

When Nike brought Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat and Sebastian Coe to the Flora London Marathon Exhibition, they exclusively invited runnersworld.co.uk members to add their own questions to the official line-up. Here's what they had to say

“Dead and buried” was pretty much the consensus on Sebastian Coe’s career following the 1980 Olympic 800m final. He’d been widely expected to win but although he’d taken silver, he’d run dismally. His chances of winning the 1500m later that week

Ah the memories. Ah the memories. Fantastic build up back in 1980 with these two. You were either a Coe fan or an Ovett fan. 20,000,000 Watched that race in UK Ric: From memory the 800m Final was on the Saturday and 1500m Final the following Friday

I would like to buy this book from anyone willing to sell. Full title is:Seb Coe: Born to Run - A Life in Athleticsby David Miller conveniently I have a copyFront cover slightly creased (paperback version), otherwise immaculate - I did not even

Barbara Cassani has stepped aside as chair of London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Double Olympic gold medallist Lord Sebastian Coe is now chairman and president of the bid team with Cassani taking the vice-chair role.In sport terms Coe

The image of Lord Coe pointing upwards on this months issue of the magazine, for me suggests Runnersworld are promoting the Tories at next weeks election.Its a clever image, but is it too cynical to be fallen for ? or intended to be subliminal