Chief of 2012 Olympics visits Morocco to promote youth sports (Magharebia.com): "Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the 2012 Olympic Games, met with Moroccan officials and athletes Monday (January 7th) to discuss how to promote sports among young people.
'Few countries are able to boast of having such sports stars as Nawal Al Moutawakil, Said Aouita and Hicham El Guerrouj', Lord Coe said at a press conference in Casablanca. 'It's a great honour for me to be in Morocco, a country that has contributed so much to sport in general and athletics in particular.'
According to Lord Coe, his discussion with National Athletics Federation President Abdessalem Ahizoune was quite relaxed. 'We talked about a range of topics directly or indirectly affecting athletics in Morocco, with the sole purpose of bringing sport up to speed just four years ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London,' he explained, adding that the big challenge today is getting young people to take up athletics rather than other activities. He emphasised that realising this goal is in everyone's best interest.
Legendary Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj said, 'When I learned that Lord Coe had come to Morocco, I left Nice in France straight away to come and meet him, because he was always a role model for me.' It is a great honour, the former Olympi"
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