“The IOC has taken note of the serious allegations made in the French newspaper regarding the vote to select the host city of the Olympic Games 2016,” Adams said in a statement. “The IOC is ‘Partie Civile’ to the ongoing procedure initiated by the French Judicial authorities against former IAAF President Mr. Lamine Diack and his son Papa Massata Diack, the then marketing consultant of the IAAF. The IOC remains fully committed to clarifying this situation, working in cooperation with the prosecutor.
Report: Suspicious payments tied to Rio Olympics bid in 2009
