Sliding Doors: How Coe’s election helped athletics finally get serious about tackling doping

Ten years ago today Sebastian Coe was elected to lead athletics at a time the sport faced the Russian doping crisis. It could have been quite different response if rival Sergey Bubka had won the vote

British rom-com “Sliding Doors” tells the tale of two parallel narratives dependent on whether or not the lead character Helen, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, catches a London Underground train.

In scenario one, Helen arrives home and catches her boyfriend having an affair. It leads to her leaving him and beginning a new relationship in which she is blissful…