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 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the General Assembly of the SportAccord withdrew from the SportAccord umbrella organization after SportAccord chief Marius Vizer launched an all-out attack on the International Olympic Committee. "We are unable to agree with the contents and tone contained in the speech of the SportAccord President Mr Vizer at the opening this morning," IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said in an e-mailed statement. "So this resignation is a protest against the position taken by Mr Vizer against the IOC and his statements about the position of the International Federations viz a viz the IOC which the IAAF cannot accept." With IOC president Thomas Bach present, Vizer said the IOC system was "expired, outdated, wrong, unfair and not at all transparent. The Olympic Games belong to all of us and we need real reforms." Vizer said in his opening speech at the Sochi SportAccord convention the IOC could be "headed for destruction" if it does not reform itself, grant sports federations more power and stop interfering in the autonomy of sports organizations. He added in the direction of Bach: "I always tried to develop a constructive collaboration with the IOC and with President Bach. ... Unfortunately, it never became reality." While the IAAF took immediate action, other federations reportedly signed a letter dismissing Vizer's statements. The Olympic summer sports federations were to meet Tuesday over the issue. SportAccord represents Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations. Vizer, on the job since 2013, also wants to stage "United World Championships" for all sports in a direct challenge to the IOC and its Games, but this yet to happen. Instead Vizer said that Sochi will host the first World Beach Games in 2019 set up by SportAccord. | |||||
lundi 20 avril 2015
IAAF quits SportAccord over Vizer attack on IOC
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