The Miracle at the ; Lord Coe Reveals the Moment He Feared That London's Olympics Bid Was Lost... And the Trick That Saved It
Mail on Sunday › December 19, 2005
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FOR Baron Coe of Ranmore in the county of Surrey, the past few weeks have been crammed with laps of honour. Lunches here, dinners there and standing ovations everywhere for the man who brought the Olympics to London.
And he has deserved the acclaim, since his charm, guile and energy were critical components of the campaign which delivered the 2012 Games.See the full content of this document
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The Miracle at the ; Lord Coe Reveals the Moment He Feared That London's Olympics Bid Was Lost... And the Trick That Saved It
But even as the toasts are raised, Seb Coe finds himself looking back down the months and realising just how easily the prize could have slipped away.
He will not isolate a moment when the Olympics were won, but he recalls with a small shudder the day when they might have been lost. It was August 2004, on the eve of the opening of...See the full content of this document
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