What Sebastian Coe, IOC presidential candidate, thinks can assist India win 2036 Olympics internet hosting bid

World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe feels that India can bolster its bid for
internet hosting the 2036 Summer season Olympics by efficiently internet hosting international-level sporting tournaments. Sebastian Coe, who received two Olympic gold medals within the 1500m occasion, has a variety of expertise in executing a bid to host the Olympic video games, as in addition to being the pinnacle of WA, Coe was additionally the power behind London profitable the bid for 2012 Video games and internet hosting it efficiently.

Coe was talking on India after confirming that the nation will likely be internet hosting its first-ever World Athletics Continental Tour occasion on August 10, 2025, in Bhubaneswar. This bronze-level meet, titled the ‘Indian Open,’ will function within the Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) 2025 aggressive calendar, marking a pivotal second for Indian athletics.

‘India’s sporting infra wants improve’

Launched in 2020, the Continental Tour is a worldwide collection of monitor and subject occasions positioned beneath the distinguished Diamond League. The tour includes 4 tiers — gold, silver, bronze, and challenger — providing athletes a world stage to showcase their expertise and compete at a excessive stage.

“If any nation has Olympic ambitions, and I do know that India does, with the ability to show a monitor file of sporting supply at worldwide stage can solely be useful. Analysis groups want confidence that occasions that are going to be delivered at an Olympic stage have no less than been delivered at World Championships or international competitions stage. That lends consolation. In order that monitor file is vital for any metropolis that’s desirous to current its credentials for delivering a really advanced sporting occasion,” Coe was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Occasions.

The previous athlete, who can also be within the race to interchange Thomas Bach
as the following Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) president, added the sporting infrastructure in India might have enchancment.

“Look, I do know India nicely. It has infrastructure. However there’s a recognition that a few of that infrastructure will want upgrading,” Coe stated. “I’m very cautious right here, particularly being the president of the Olympic organising committee in London, in saying that I don’t suppose it’s for outsiders to inform nations how and the place to spend cash on infrastructure or legacy. That actually does should be set towards home priorities.”

‘India needs to host World Athletics Relay’

India has additionally bid to host the 2028 U-20 World Championships and Coe revealed that the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) additionally needs to host international relay and street occasions.

“I’m delighted that there’s going to be a continental tour occasion in Bhubaneswar. I’ve been to town through the Asian Championships (in 2017), and it’s a superb sporting metropolis. I’ve additionally acquired a letter of intent to stage the U-20 World Championships. That now sits with our bidding staff alongside different bids,” Coe stated.

“They (AFI) are sharing an ambition to stage extra of our occasions. However that’s over to our analysis panel and bidding groups to undergo the checks, and be sure that all the precise property are in place with the intention to do this.”

By bidding for a number of global-level athletics occasions, India is planning to spice up its candidacy within the race to host the 2036 Summer season Olympics.