Sebastian Coe hails ‘mahogany hard’ Keely Hodgkinson and calls Gout Gout ‘real deal’
Pair tipped for greatness before world championships
Coe says ‘you have to marvel’ at Hodgkinson comeback
Keely Hodgkinson could end her career as one of the greatest of all time while the 17-year-old Australian sprinter Gout Gout is the real deal, Sebastian Coe has predicted on the eve of the world championships in Tokyo.
Coe won two Olympic 1500m gold medals, broke nine world records and has known most of track and field’s biggest stars in the past 50 years. So his words carry extra weight, particularly when it comes to the 800m, the event in which he held the world record for 18 years.