Zika may cause temporary paralysis, study shows, Olympic bid corruption, According to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) abettor Tuesday, the IOC has credible “no evidence” so far to abutment allegations of attainable bribery in the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
The Associated Press belletrist that the IOC said it has activated to be a activity to the assay by French authorities into bribery in clue and acreage that could beforehand to attainable bribery in Olympic bidding.
The IOC said it was in “close contact” with French prosecutors who acquire been investigating bribery and money-laundering involving cover-ups at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
In January, a abode on the assay hinted that Tokyo’s 2020 bid may acquire benefitted from a advancement accordance with the IAAF and that IOC associate and IAAF President Lamine Diack switched his vote from Istanbul to Tokyo as a result.
Tuesday The Guardian bi-weekly arise that the prosecutors acquire widened the delving to awning the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Games, which were awarded to Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
“Transcripts of the different discussions amidst Turkish individuals with KD achieve advertence to a argument applicable the Olympic city-limits bidding activity for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games,” a animadversion on page 36 of the bureau abode read.
KD references Khalil Diack, son of aloft International Olympic Committee (IOC) associate and IAAF President Lamine Diack (LD).
Lamine Diack is currently below assay for attainable bribery allege involving the IAAF.
The abode continues “it is declared that Turkey absent LD’s abutment because they did not pay advancement moneys of $ 4 to 5 amateur either to the Diamond League or IAAF.”
“According the classic the Japanese did pay such a sum. The 2020 Games were awarded to Tokyo.
“The IC did not investigate this bulk added for it was not aural our remit.”
Later Bureau Chair Dick Pound said he requested that the IAAF crop a afterpiece accessory at the allegations abut Tokyo 2020 and the Diacks.
In a annual Tuesday the IOC said, “the IOC has been in abutting associate with the French prosecutors aback the alpha of this assay abide year. The IOC’s accomplished acceptance and acceptance ambassador had already asked to the IOC to be actually beside in a adapted abode of all issues that may ascribe to Olympic diplomacy and has already activated to become a activity to the investigations led by the French authoritative authorities”.
IOC abettor Mark Adams told reporters in Lausanne that there was no affirmation of any Olympic atrociousness baldheaded to date.
He said, “at the moment there is no evidence. We acquire the analysis in place. We acquire an complete acceptance commission. But so far there is no evidence. When we get evidence, we acquire credible we will act on it.
“It is any simple activity to address about, but no one has any evidence”, he added. “There is abolishment that has been put avant-garde to us. At the moment, there is abolishment to act on”.
Tokyo won the 2020 Olympic bid afterwards acutely accretion Istanbul 60 votes to 36 on a third acclaim that was polled in 2013 in Buenos Aires. Istanbul had arise out avant-garde of added appellant Madrid in a added acclaim run-off afterwards both cities came even, but aback Tokyo, with 26 votes ceremony on the ancient ballot.
Leading up to the election, the hotly contested hunt seemed abounding tighter and experts were broken over which city-limits they apprehension would win.
The IOC was rocked by a bid city-limits vote diplomacy abuse in 1998 that focused on the alarming trend of accepting favor from IOC assembly by giving abounding gifts, and in some cases cash. Some IOC assembly were expelled or abeyant over acceptance charges.
The IOC bid processes and acceptance behavior were rewritten to try to ahead abutting such occurrences.
The Associated Press belletrist that the IOC said it has activated to be a activity to the assay by French authorities into bribery in clue and acreage that could beforehand to attainable bribery in Olympic bidding.
The IOC said it was in “close contact” with French prosecutors who acquire been investigating bribery and money-laundering involving cover-ups at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
In January, a abode on the assay hinted that Tokyo’s 2020 bid may acquire benefitted from a advancement accordance with the IAAF and that IOC associate and IAAF President Lamine Diack switched his vote from Istanbul to Tokyo as a result.
Tuesday The Guardian bi-weekly arise that the prosecutors acquire widened the delving to awning the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Games, which were awarded to Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
“Transcripts of the different discussions amidst Turkish individuals with KD achieve advertence to a argument applicable the Olympic city-limits bidding activity for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games,” a animadversion on page 36 of the bureau abode read.
KD references Khalil Diack, son of aloft International Olympic Committee (IOC) associate and IAAF President Lamine Diack (LD).
Lamine Diack is currently below assay for attainable bribery allege involving the IAAF.
The abode continues “it is declared that Turkey absent LD’s abutment because they did not pay advancement moneys of $ 4 to 5 amateur either to the Diamond League or IAAF.”
“According the classic the Japanese did pay such a sum. The 2020 Games were awarded to Tokyo.
“The IC did not investigate this bulk added for it was not aural our remit.”
Later Bureau Chair Dick Pound said he requested that the IAAF crop a afterpiece accessory at the allegations abut Tokyo 2020 and the Diacks.
In a annual Tuesday the IOC said, “the IOC has been in abutting associate with the French prosecutors aback the alpha of this assay abide year. The IOC’s accomplished acceptance and acceptance ambassador had already asked to the IOC to be actually beside in a adapted abode of all issues that may ascribe to Olympic diplomacy and has already activated to become a activity to the investigations led by the French authoritative authorities”.
IOC abettor Mark Adams told reporters in Lausanne that there was no affirmation of any Olympic atrociousness baldheaded to date.
He said, “at the moment there is no evidence. We acquire the analysis in place. We acquire an complete acceptance commission. But so far there is no evidence. When we get evidence, we acquire credible we will act on it.
“It is any simple activity to address about, but no one has any evidence”, he added. “There is abolishment that has been put avant-garde to us. At the moment, there is abolishment to act on”.
Tokyo won the 2020 Olympic bid afterwards acutely accretion Istanbul 60 votes to 36 on a third acclaim that was polled in 2013 in Buenos Aires. Istanbul had arise out avant-garde of added appellant Madrid in a added acclaim run-off afterwards both cities came even, but aback Tokyo, with 26 votes ceremony on the ancient ballot.
Leading up to the election, the hotly contested hunt seemed abounding tighter and experts were broken over which city-limits they apprehension would win.
The IOC was rocked by a bid city-limits vote diplomacy abuse in 1998 that focused on the alarming trend of accepting favor from IOC assembly by giving abounding gifts, and in some cases cash. Some IOC assembly were expelled or abeyant over acceptance charges.
The IOC bid processes and acceptance behavior were rewritten to try to ahead abutting such occurrences.
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