The IOC said Monday that it "launched a full investigation after discovering that hundreds of migrants who worked on the Sochi Games had not been paid." IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said that the Committee had "met with human rights activists in Sochi who had submitted a 'full list' of 200 workers who had not been paid by Russian firms." Adams: "Following that we instigated a full investigation. I think they (Russia) investigated some 500 companies, all the companies that they could identify of having been involved in the construction." Adams said that "while the process of ensuring all workers were paid what they were due was not finished, the Russian authorities were making progress." Adams said, "I know we are waiting for more documents, eventually, from the Russian authorities" (AFP, 2/10). ... The IOC said on Monday that athletes at the Sochi Games will not be "allowed to use helmet stickers as a mark of respect for Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who died in an accident two years ago." The IOC has "told at least one athlete, Australian snowboarder Tora Bright, to refrain from using a sticker." Adams: "In cases like this rules are not the most important thing. For us it is a question of what is appropriate and where would be the best place. We are very keen to help people who want to have a remembrance or do something and to do that in what would be the appropriate place" (REUTERS, 2/10).
