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Former Namibian sprinter Fredericks quits as boss of 2024 Olympics commission
4:23 CAT | 07 Mar 2017
Getty (File photo) /Frankie Fredericks
Athletics administrator and former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks has quit as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) commission evaluating candidates to stage the 2024 Games.
It follows allegations in French newspaper Le Monde that he accepted money from a sports marketing executive accused of corruption.
Mr Fredericks has strongly denied any wrongdoing in accepting money around the time that Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympics.
But he said: “Nonetheless I have personally decided that it is in the best interests of a good functioning of the International Olympic Committee Candidature process that I step aside as chairperson of the 2024 Evaluation Commission, because it is essential that the important work my colleagues are doing is seen as being carried out in a truthful and fair manner.
“I do not wish to become a distraction from this great contest.”
Mr Fredericks, who is an IOC member, earlier stepped down from an IAAF taskforce helping Russia as it tries to gain readmission to international competition.
Source: BBC
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