LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC is asking the head of the Vancouver Olympics for more details on his claims of a deal with Russia during the bidding for the 2010 Winter Games.
John Furlong, who led Vancouver’s winning bid and headed the 2010 organizing committee, says in a new book that a deal with Moscow’s mayor may have been instrumental in swinging votes in Canada’s favor.
The disclosure in Furlong’s memoirs raises the specter of possible violations of International Olympic Committee ethics and bidding rules.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams says “there is no investigation by the ethics commission at the present time.”
However after reading the book, Adams said the IOC wrote to Furlong to ask for more specifics on the claims.
