- John Coates discharged on Sandra Sully in an interview
- The identity of Canal 10 was amazed by the attack
The veteran administrator of Australian sports John Coates has raised the eyebrows after launching a public attack on the reader of the television news Sandra Sully.
Coates, 74, asked: “What would she know (Sully) on sport?” As he remembers when the glamorous presenter contacted him about the search for a leading position with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).
“She had her skin to ring me this time and tell me that she represented the AOC (Board of Directors) and could I spend time meeting her,” said Coates.
“I said to him:” I am president of honorary life (from the AOC), I am not involved in all of this, it would be false “.”
Sully was surprised when she was informed of the explosive comments of coats.
“It is very disappointing that John Coates wants to make this personal when I simply sent him an email and that I asked him for a meeting or a brief conversation,” she told News Corp.
In a recent interview reflecting on her decorated career, Coates asked for `What she would be (Sully) know about sport ” (Coates is represented)
Sully was surprised by the attack, declaring his point of view that he is “very disappointing that John Coates wants to make this personal”
Sully, who began her television career in Brisbane in the 1990s, approached the sports boss for the search for a position on the board of directors of the Australian Olympic Committee
“At this point, I mentioned that I envisaged an appointment, but that I had not yet made my decision.
“I have more than a decade of experience in the national sports landscape having sat on the board of directors of Hockey Australia as director and vice-president for two and a half Olympic cycles.”
Sully added that she “always argued the Australian Olympic movement” and congratulated Coates and the board of directors for the impressive inheritance they leave – but the catering member organizations need a more targeted representation before Brisbane 2032 “.
The War of Words came as Coates turned to his impressive career, which dates back to the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal – and also thought about the cancer beat several times.
Coates is best known for his mandate as president of the AOC from 1990 to 2022 and he was a key figure behind the successful Olympic offers in Sydney (2000) and the next Games in Brisbane in 2032.
In doing so, Coates is the only president of the National Olympic Committee in History to have won reception duties over two summer games for his nation.
Father of six children, coats, pushed the intestine, lungs and thyroid cancer over the past seven years and has delayed chemotherapy to attend the Paris Olympic Games from last year.
He boldly declared that Australia could win up to 60 medals last year in France – and it was not far from the brand, our athletes ringing 53, including 18 or.
Living at Brisbane Games, the influence of coats remains important.
It is vice-president of the organizing committee and, in previous months, suggested using existing infrastructure at Queensland Sport and Athletics Center, which was the 1982 Commonwealth Games site.
While the Prime Minister of Queensland, David Crisafulli, finally announced a large infrastructure plan of $ 7.5 billion – with a new stadium of 65,000 seats in Victoria Park as a centerpiece – he will always have the support of Coates.
Coates will be 82 years old when the games are staged in Brisbane and it would take a courageous person to suggest that he will not be involved behind the scenes.
To what extent remains to be seen – but working in the shadows is exactly the way Coates likes to work.
