If John Coates was trying to stir controversy ... Coates said what the IOC and local organizers have been trying to persuade the Japanese public about for months: The postponed Olympics with ...

After more than 30 years at the helm of the Australian Olympic Committee John Coates plans to remain ... the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Coates, an IOC vice president, served as chair of ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 07: AOC President and IOC Vice President John Coates speaks during the 2016 Australian Olympic Council Annual General Meeting at Museum of Contemporary Art on May 7 ...

IOC member John Coates, who oversees planning for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help “kick start” Japan’s economy. Japan has been devastated like many ...

John Coates has predicted a huge Olympics for Australia ... The current International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president also believes rising track star Jessica Hull is good enough to emulate ...

according to Senior IOC Vice-President John Coates – the competition would provide them with the opportunity to participate. Russian state news agency TASS reported that 5,500 people are ...