LONDON (AP) — Meetings will be held every day at the London Olympics to discuss possible suspicious betting patterns and assess if any athletes are deliberately underperforming.
The International Olympic Committee believes illegal betting and match-fixing could pose a bigger threat to sports than doping.
British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moyinhan says the meetings will involve the IOC, Britain’s Gambling Commission, police, the Border Agency and games organizers.
But even if suspicions are raised about athletes, authorities won’t have the power to intervene to stop them from competing.
