IAAF chief Coe says corruption claims 'abhorrent'

IAAF president Sebastian Coe has described as "abhorrent" allegations that people in the sport have extorted money from competitors guilty of doping violations. "That people in our sport have allegedly extorted money from athletes guilty of doping violations is abhorrent," said Coe in a statement on Saturday in his first response to the latest crisis to hit the sport. Coe's comments came after French authorities this week placed former IAAF president Lamine Diack under formal investigation on su