Olympics | Coe hails "universality" of Paris 2024 athletics, defends WADA

PARIS, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hailed the diversity and unifying nature of athletics as the "heart and soul" of the Olympic Games, with the Paris 2024 track and field competitions having begun in earnest on Friday morning.

The Games' athletics competition opened on Thursday with the men's and women's 20km race walk, with five different nations represented across the two pod