IAAF president Seb Coe backing plans to erase world records, says UK Athletics chief Ed Warner

IAAF president Seb Coe is in favour of erasing world records in international athletics set by suspected drugs cheats, according to UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner.

UK Athletics has announced a campaign for clean athletics including resetting every single world record due to the sport’s doping crisis, and says it will seek to bring in a lifetime ban for any athlete guilty of a serious drugs violation.

Warner said he spoke to Coe earlier yesterday and the president of international athletics had told him he favoured erasing some individual records instead.