John Coates
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Paris 2024
‘The Games weren’t going to happen’: Coates on terror threats, gender wars and IOC politics
The long-serving Olympics official ends his tenure this month.
- by Andrew Webster
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Analysis
Paris 2024
Trump, China and doping: Could USA’s power play cost them Olympic hosting rights?
The near-Orwellian powers of a US anti-doping act and subsequent protective action by the IOC threaten to disrupt the 2028 and 2034 Games in LA and Salt Lake City.
- by Roy Masters
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
With Coates clause, Olympic supremos build influence on Brisbane 2032
Olympic powerbroker John Coates has been joined as a vice president of the Brisbane organising committee by AOC president Ian Chesterman under new Queensland law.
- by Chris Barrett
John Coates has change of heart, agrees to inquiry appearance
Australian Olympic supremo John Coates has been listed to appear before a Senate inquiry into Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games preparations, after previously declining an offer to provide evidence at Wednesday’s hearing.
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Olympic powerbroker needs to front Senate inquiry
Other than the premier, nobody has shouldered the responsibility for the state government’s bizarre decision to host the Olympic Games at a school athletics carnival venue more than John Coates.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Olympics supremo John Coates refuses to appear at Brisbane 2032 Senate inquiry
The architect of the state government’s plan to use QSAC as Brisbane’s main Olympic stadium has refused an invitation to appear before a Senate inquiry to explain his stance.
- by Cameron Atfield
‘Half-arsed Olympics’: Has John Coates lost his magic touch?
The long-time Olympic powerbroker makes no apologies for his outsized role in shaping Brisbane’s 2032 Games, no matter the recent controversy.
- by Chris Barrett
IOC not considering Russia-style sanctions for Israel over Gaza conflict
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates says the war in Gaza does not warrant the same Olympic sanctions for Israel as those imposed on Russia after it invaded Ukraine.
- by Iain Payten
Boss of ‘doping Olympics’ on a crusade against evil
An Australian-born businessman with a colourful past says the “Enhanced Games” are just his latest attempt to fight corruption and evil.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Opinion
Olympics
Doping Olympics boss challenges John Coates to live debate
The PR move says everything about the Enhanced Games, for which retired swimmer James Magnussen has become the poster boy.
- by Andrew Webster
Gabba rebuild on life support after Olympic supremo’s intervention
With the stadium’s rebuild looking increasingly shaky, Brisbane’s lord mayor has demanded marquee Olympic events, such as athletics, remain in the city for the 2032 Games.
- by Cameron Atfield
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