The IOC has seen "no evidence" so far to support allegations of possible bribery in the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Games, according to Stephen Wilson of the AP. The IOC said that it applied to be a party to the investigation by French authorities into corruption in track and field that "could spread to possible bribery in Olympic bidding." The IOC said that it was in "close contact" with French prosecutors, who have been investigating bribery and money-laundering "involving doping cover-ups" at the IAAF. Prosecutors have "widened the probe to include the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics." IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said that "no proof of any Olympic wrongdoing had been uncovered to date." Adams: "At the moment, there is no evidence. We have the structure in place. We have an independent ethics commission. But so far there is no evidence. When we get evidence, we have shown we will act on it. It is any easy thing to talk about, but no one has any evidence. There is nothing that has been put forward to us. At the moment, there is nothing to act on" (AP, 3/1).
