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SportAccord President Marius Vizer 'Launches Personal Attack' On IAAF President

SportAccord President Marius Vizer "reopened his feud" with world sports leaders on Thursday by "launching a personal attack" on the president of track and field's governing body, the IAAF, according to the AP. Vizer, whose SportAccord organization represents Olympic and non-Olympics federations, suggested IAAF President Lamine Diack's family had "improperly benefited from his role in sport." Vizer said, "I dedicate and I sacrifice my family for sport, I mean sacrifice in the way of dedication. And in my eyes, [Diack is] a person who sacrifices sport for his family." Vizer's comment was an "apparent reference" to Diack's son, former IAAF marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack. The younger Diack left his role in the IAAF in December "pending an investigation into ethics allegations." Vizer on Wednesday "apologized for the manner." Despite that "sign of contrition," Vizer -- who is also president of the Int'l Judo Federation -- suggested Thursday he would not "seek to heal relations with those angered by his comments." Vizer: "I don't think that I have to restore something. The world of sport has to restore something, not me. What's happened, it was in my opinion something constructive" (AP, 4/23). 

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