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Olympic Games: French prosecutors to investigate 2016 and 2020 bids
Source: BBC
Olympic Games: French prosecutors to investigate 2016 and 2020 bids
1 March 2016 Athletics
French prosecutors have widened their investigation into corruption in athletics to include the bidding and voting processes for the hosting of the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.
Lamine Diack, the former president of world governing body the IAAF, is already being investigated by French authorities.
He was arrested last year on corruption and money laundering charges, over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
Confirming the investigation was being widened, an official from the prosecutor's office said: "We are looking at these elements, but at this stage it is a question of verification. Nothing has been proved."
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told the BBC it wants to be a party to the French investigations.
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1 March 2016 Athletics
French prosecutors have widened their investigation into corruption in athletics to include the bidding and voting processes for the hosting of the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.
Lamine Diack, the former president of world governing body the IAAF, is already being investigated by French authorities.
He was arrested last year on corruption and money laundering charges, over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
Confirming the investigation was being widened, an official from the prosecutor's office said: "We are looking at these elements, but at this stage it is a question of verification. Nothing has been proved."
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told the BBC it wants to be a party to the French investigations.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/35701170
