THE TIMES has taken up the reporting on the dubious events in World Triathlon. Other media will follow. THE TIMES reports additionally, that a former candidate has lodged a complaint of bullying and threatened to withdraw from the presidential race.
The fake elections have so far no consequences for those who organised the swindle and are its biggest beneficiaries. There are calls for new elections while the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), of which fake Triathlon boss Antonio Arimany is Vice President, endorses the scam by inaction. Q&A.
Since we broke the story, more witnesses have come forward to confirm the widespread election collusion at World Triathlon. We have names, documents (as exclusively published), photos and video footage. Is there anyone in Triathlon and the Olympic family willing to stop this madness? The athletes?
In the elections of World Triathlon, the desired results were already distributed before and during Congress. The two-page list suggests illegal collusion and complete manipulation. The new president Antonio Arimany claims that he was not involved in the dubious events and has no knowledge of them.
As outlined yesterday, the Spaniard Antonio Arimany was elected today as the third president in the history of the young Olympic Triathlon federation, following an election campaign that was characterised by "collusion, pressure and coercion to manipulate", according to his challengers.
In the next weeks, several presidential posts in Olympic IF will be filled. The first decision will be taken at World Triathlon Congress in Spain on 21 October. Three presidential candidates complained to IOC president Thomas Bach about the dubious machinations of the Spanish Triathlon leadership.
In a letter to 206 National Olympic Committees, the IOC stated that national boxing federations that remain members of the International Boxing Association (IBA), will lose all rights. The NOCs are not to maintain any relations with these boxing federations. That is the game changer.
A few surprises and deliberate confusion are guaranteed by the IOC rules and what feels like a thousand possible exceptions. But the list of candidates for the presidency has been finalised. One woman and six men want to take the Olympic throne next spring.
... she submits her candidature by Sunday. Go ahead and bet while the odds are still attractive. Could anybody beat the Moroccan? Nicole Hoevertsz? At least nobody would have to talk anymore about the non-transparent IOC rules and the strange opinions of a dubious IOC Ethics Commission.
Berlin wants to host the 2040 Olympics as the centre of a German bid. Politicians claim, the city has almost all the sports facilities. Yet the German NOC only lists 12 suitable locations in Berlin - and even that is an exaggeration. Roughly half of them are suitable for the Olympics.
DPRK athletes endure rigorous checks for potential contamination by foreign influences. The selfie of table tennis medalists from North Korea, South Korea and China was widely regarded as one of the top Olympic moments in Paris. In North Korea, it could lead to severe consequences for the athletes.
UIPM board member and treasurer John Helmick, son of former corrupt IOC member Robert Helmick, was sent home from Paris. The pentathlon official is alleged to have traded in accreditations on his own account. UIPM president Klaus Schormann refuses to answer specific questions about the case.
Thrilling times ahead of us. Important decisions are being made for the future of Olympic sport - everything is interwoven: the IOC presidency, the Russia issue, Saudi Arabia 2034, the 2036 and 2040 Olympics, the 2030 and 2038 Winter Games, WADA ... there could be landslide changes.
The IOC will have its tenth president or its first female president next year. Elections will be held at the session in Greece in March. In June, Thomas Bach will hand over the Olympic sceptre in rotation after twelve years.
About the IOC's non-transparent disciplinary commission, the decision of commission chair Denis Oswald to caution a courageous Afghan woman, which in turn led to her disqualification by the world federation - and about other practices under the Great Olympic Leader.
Saudi Arabia, India and Qatar are known to be in the mix among several nations vying to host the next available Summer Games in 2036. The IOC is considering changing Summer Games to autumn due to climate change.
