USOC Officials Challenge IOC To Do More On Corruption, Doping

USOC Chair Larry Probst and CEO Scott Blackmun yesterday demanded the IOC move aggressively against corrupt members and doping athletes. Probst led off back-to-back speeches to the group’s annual assembly by calling for a house-cleaning of dirty IOC members. "It is not our job to enrich ourselves, financially or through illicit power grabs," Probst said. "The fact is, some have clearly acted in ways that are antithetical to the ideals we seek to advance, and it has been tolerated for too long." Probst praised the IOC’s decision one week ago to suspend Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman after his arrest on bribery and vote-buying charges relating to Rio’s winning bid for the '16 Games.