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IOC Ready To Investigate Bid Bribery Claims For 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The IOC "is ready to examine allegations of possible bribery in the bidding for the 2020 Olympics," according to the AP. The Olympic body said that "it has asked the World Anti-Doping Agency’s independent commission for transcripts from its report on doping and corruption in track and field" that raises the possibility that $5M in sponsorship money was paid to help Tokyo secure the games. A footnote to the WADA report indicates that former IAAF President Lamine Diack "was prepared to sell his vote in the 2020 bidding contest in exchange for sponsorship of IAAF events." The report suggests that Diack -- an IOC member at the time -- "dropped his support for Istanbul because Turkey refused to pay, and backed Tokyo after the Japanese did pay." The IOC said, "We have already asked the Independent Commission for the transcript so that we can better understand the context and the claims being made." The WADA commission report "cites transcripts of conversations between one of Diack’s sons, Khalil, and Turkish track officials in connection with the 2020 bidding process." Referring to Lamine Diack, the note said, "Turkey lost LD’s support because they did not pay sponsorship moneys of US$4 to 5 million either to the Diamond League or IAAF. According (to) the transcript the Japanese did pay such a sum" (AP, 1/17).

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