Olympic bosses discuss doping, betting at high-level meeting

IOC President Thomas Bach

Senior Olympic representatives met inwards Lausanne inwards Switzerland on Lord's Day to hash out topics of trouble organization to the Olympic Movement, including doping in addition to illegal sports betting.

Headed past times International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, the minute Olympic Movement Coordination Meeting addressed the handle against doping, match-fixing in addition to illegal betting, the sports calendar in addition to autonomy in addition to proficient governance inwards the Olympic Movement.

Participants endorsed the IOC Executive Board’s guidance newspaper on World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which was previously accepted past times the Olympic Movement candidate for the WADA presidency, Craig Reedie. The participants reaffirmed their back upwards for the candidate in addition to the submission past times the IOC, on behalf of the Olympic Movement, for the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code, which reinforces the Olympic Movement’s zero-tolerance policy.

The participants equally good asked the side past times side WADA President to address several issues at the side past times side Olympic Movement Coordination Meeting inwards 2014, in addition to called on WADA to strengthen its role inwards query in addition to equally a service organisation. They equally good called for closer co-operation betwixt International Sports Federations (IFs) in addition to National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) in addition to betwixt NADOs in addition to national governments.

With regard to the handle against match-fixing in addition to illegal betting, participants agreed to growth their coordinated efforts, nether the IOC’s leadership, inwards guild to save the basic principles of the Olympic Movement in addition to the integrity of sport.

It was agreed that the IOC would laid upwards a especial unit of measurement inside the IOC to co-ordinate efforts inwards this regard. The unit of measurement volition piece of employment on opportunity prevention in addition to the dissemination of information, in addition to volition back upwards the harmonisation of rules of the Olympic in addition to Sports Movement. These rules volition endure based on examples from unopen to of the IFs already working on this issue, such equally FIFA, which has already applied severe sanctions.

The participants re-affirmed the IOC’s leadership role. With observe to the sports calendar, the participants agreed that whatever novel initiatory has to observe the uniqueness of the Olympic Games. It way that neither the Olympic Programme nor Games revenues should endure adversely affected inwards whatever way.

The coming together equally good reaffirmed that autonomy is a prerequisite for the successful functioning of the international sports movement. Only autonomy allows the worldwide application of sporting rules. But at the same time, autonomy does non hateful independence from the laws of a country. Sports evolution requires proficient cooperation amongst governments in addition to world authorities.

Finally, the IOC President presented subjects including the sustainability of the Olympic Games through reconsidering the bidding procedure, reviewing the Olympic programme, in addition to leaving a positive legacy; protecting the athletes’ wellness in addition to integrity in addition to caring virtually their lives afterward their sporting careers; in addition to developing a strategy for bringing immature people into sport.

The tertiary Olympic Movement Coordination Meeting volition endure held inwards the stimulate down one-half of 2014.

 

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:

Thomas BACH, IOC President
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad AL-SABAH, ANOC President
Joseph S. BLATTER, FIFA President
Claudia BOKEL, Chairperson of the IOC Athletes’ Commission
John D. COATES, AC, IOC Vice-President
Lamine DIACK, IAAF President
Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL, IOC Vice-President
René FASEL, AIOWF President
Patrick HICKEY, IOC EB Member
Peng LIU, Chinese Olympic Committee President
Julio César MAGLIONE, FINA President
Lawrence PROBST III, U.S.A. Olympic Committee President
Craig REEDIE, IOC Vice-President
Francesco RICCI BITTI, ASOIF President (via video link)
Marius VIZER, SportAccord President
Ching-Kuo WU, IOC EB Member
Alexander ZHUKOV, Russian Olympic Committee President

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