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The world can change a lot in seven years, says one of the men vying to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

Sebastian Coe, a gold-medal-winning Olympic runner and former British MP who now heads World Athletics, says the organisers of Brisbane’s 2032 Games should be mindful of this.

World Athletics boss Lord Sebastian Coe.Credit: Getty Images

In an interview with sports commentator Bruce McAvaney for the ABC at the weekend, Coe commented on the struggle to build momentum for the Brisbane Games amid the debate about stadiums.

“This is not a criticism of Brisbane,” Coe said.

“I’m effectively an honorary Australian, but I think we have to be really clear. The world changes every 10 minutes. You and I know that, the world knows that. I think it’s possibly not the best way to deliver or to choose a venue 12, 13 years out because you don’t know strategically where the world is going to shift.

“You don’t know what burgeoning markets are going to be open to you. I think you need a little bit more flexibility in that.”

If he succeeds outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach, and serves a full term, Coe will oversee the Brisbane event, Australia’s third Olympic Games.

“I’m far too long in the tooth to get involved in the local complexities,” he said.

“It is for local communities, it’s for organising committees, for the International Olympic Committee to decide what works best and what is going to leave the best-possible legacy, because legacy is important here.

“You don’t want a Games just to be three weeks of outstanding sport and then in a couple of years’ time people forgetting the impact or not being able to observe the impact that that has had.”

On Donald Trump, Coe said he would be surprised if the US president did not support the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, despite the recent fires.

“As we all know, there have been some terrible, devastating fires in that Los Angeles area, but the venues that will be used in 2028 haven’t been damaged,” he said.

“I sat through a press conference the other day where the president did actually say that he was 100 per cent behind the Games, 100 per cent behind California. And that can only bode well.”

Coe – the only man to have won 1500-metre Olympic gold twice – is among seven candidates vying for the IOC presidency. IOC members will cast their votes in Greece on March 20.

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