(ANSA) – ROME, 11 DEC – New revelations arrive from the Richard McLaren report, the Canadian drug hunter lawyer who is now investigating corruption in Aiba and in the world of Olympic boxing, and which perhaps explain the decision of the IOC to exclude the ‘noble art’ from the fixed program of the Games, starting in Los Angeles 2028.
According to what emerged, the corruption within Aiba would have continued even after the Rio 2016 scandals, when about thirty judges and referees were sent home to the Olympics in progress. In fact, in the third phase of the report it is explained that “the manipulation of the meetings that existed continued to ‘flourish’ from 2016 to 2021, and was more ad hoc and less centralized than that present in Rio”. ‘Deus ex machina’ would have been the former executive director of Aiba, Karim Bouzidi, the Frenchman already at the center of the scandals at the Carioca Games and forced to resign. But “the deception continued long after he was fired because Aiba’s top management ‘revolving door’ provided the environment in which corruption and manipulation could continue with Rio-like intensity. match manipulation that existed from 2016 to 2021 was more ad hoc and less centralized than that of Rio “.
Agreements between an Azerbaijani judge and referee and the pressure they allegedly exert on their colleagues are also mentioned, and also refers to an alleged “Russian clique”.
The results of some matches of the 2017 World Cup in Hamburg and of the youth matches that would have been altered also to favor betting groups are therefore questioned.
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