Olympic Politics

[james4president]

Is it me or are the presidential elections this year more like an athletic event than a political race? I have yet to see them selling those big foam fingers at the debates but it's not long in coming...

 

[waltky]

Brazil's Olympic chief arrested in Rio...

Brazilian Olympic chief arrested in Rio de Janeiro
Oct. 5, 2017 -- Brazilian police on Thursday arrested the president of the country's Olympic committee -- as part of an investigation into a purported conspiracy to land last year's Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Carlos A. Nuzman has been under investigation as part of a probe into bribery allegations that surfaced after Brazil landed the 2016 games. The corruption investigation is known as "Operation Unfair Play." Nuzman -- the chief of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, or Comitê Olímpico do Brasil -- is suspected of bribing international Olympic officials in exchange for votes to secure Rio's 2016 games.

President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee Carlos Nuzman (R) was arrested in Rio de Janeiro Thursday, suspected of using bribes to secure the 2016 Summer Olympics.​

A source is in possession of emails that could corroborate the accusations, according to Brazilian justice officials. Leonardo Gryner, the former chief operating officer for the Rio 2016 committee, was also arrested.

Others suspected of being involved in the bribery scheme include former governor Sérgio Cabral, and officials say funding was provided by Brazilian businessman Arthur Cesar Soares de Menezes Filho. According to officials, Nuzman was arrested for attempting to hide property last month after police executed a search warrant at his Brazil home.

Brazilian Olympic chief arrested in Rio de Janeiro

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International Olympic Committee suspends Brazil Committee
Saturday 7th October, 2017 - After the temporary arrest of Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman under Operation Unfair Play amp;ndash; Second Half-Time yesterday (Oct. 5), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Brazilian Committee and ousted Nuzman from his post with the international organization. The decision was announced Friday (6) on IOC's official website.

The decision is reported to have been based on accusations that Nuzman colluded in a vote-buying scheme aimed at bringing the 2016 Games to Rio de Janeiro. The ruling removed him from the Coordination Commission for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and also led to the suspension of his prerogatives and duties as an honorary member of the international committee.

In the Brazilian Committee, the temporary suspension resulted in the freezing of subsidies and payments from the IOC to the Brazilian organization, which is now no longer able to "exercise its rights in the National Olympic Associations."

The decision does not affect Brazilian athletes, and a team from the country will be welcomed in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, as well as other competitions administered by the IOC. Allowances paid to Brazilian athletes will not be interrupted.

International Olympic Committee suspends Brazil Committee