LONDON (AP)—As a former Olympic champion and world-record holder, Sebastian Coe says he is not about to lose the race to get London ready for the 2012 Games.
Coe, head of London’s organizing committee, said Friday he is approaching next week’s two-year countdown to the Olympics as one of those 800-meter races he used to win with a perfectly timed kick on the last lap.
“I broke 13 world records,” said Coe, a two-time Olympic gold medalist at 1,500 meters. “I don’t intend to break the 14th by being the first president of an organizing committee not to have it ready on the day we’re supposed to.
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