Furious MP Damian Collins hits back at Lord Coe after IAAF ethics board clear him of misleading parliament MP Damian Collins has hit back at Lord Coe after IAAF ended their investigation An IAAF ethics board cleared Coe of misleading parliamentary select committee Coe had faced accusations of 'distancing himself' from knowledge of doping Collins said the DCMS committee stand by the conclusions of their 2018 report
By Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:33 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 11 April 2019
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MP Damian Collins has hit back at Lord Coe after the IAAF president was cleared by his organisation’s ethics board of misleading parliament.
Last year Coe faced accusations of ‘distancing himself’ from knowledge of doping allegations in Russian athletics after apparent inconsistencies between what he told a parliamentary select committee in December 2015 and what then emerged in a joint investigation by Sportsmail and the BBC.
Coe told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee that he was unaware of ‘specific