Book alleges China cut deal to host 2008 Olympics

[Clintonista2]

Source: Toronto Star

BEIJING – According to a memoir by a former Olympic committee president, Toronto's bid for the 2008 Olympics was derailed after Chinese sports officials struck a verbal, inside deal to bring the Games to Beijing.

In exchange for support of Jacques Rogge's bid to head the International Olympic Committee, Beijing received European backing for their bid for the 2008 Games.

Retired sports minister and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Yuan Weimin, describes in his book the alleged arrangements surrounding Beijing's Olympic bid in 2001.

European members of the IOC verbally agreed to support Beijing for the 2008 Games in exchange for Chinese support for Rogge. Canada would have been hurt on both ends of the deal, as Toronto was competing against Beijing for the Olympics while Dick Pound of Montreal was running against Rogge.

Read more: http://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/article/712975--book-alleges-china-cut-deal-to-host-2008-olympics#

[rpannier]

1. A Scandal surrounding the Olympics

Color me NOT surprised

[bemildred]

2. Surely this isn't some sort of suggestion the IOC is corrupt?

:rofl:

[Mind_your_head]

4. Heck, every organization is corrupted. Why should the IOC be any different.

Nobody ever gets "sanctioned", fines, or penalites, et al any more.

There's no 'risk' for bad/corrupt behavior....it's just "full steam ahead" :woot: Just like an 'out-of-control' teenager, LARGE entities, like *gulp* the IOC and the Multinational corporations that support them just don't deserve any TRUST. They're not trustworthy anymore. They've been forced to sell the soul.

[Dumak]

3. they already took bribes from salt lake city

so unless they can prove otherwise, I assume that bribery accompanies *every* successful olympics bid. Knowing that this happens certainly does take away from the excitement of the games.

[rhett o rick]

5. I think the Olympics is a joke. nt

[hatrack]

6. NO!!!!

:eyes:

[imdjh]

7. Get rid of everyone but the hot guys and host the Olympics someplace sexy.

[scentopine]

8. IOC Corruption? Shocking. What next? Underage gymnasts? -nt

[tomm2thumbs]

9. +1

[Jack Fate]

10. IOC stands for International Olympic Corruption,

so it doesn't surprise me one bit. The IOC is a putrid swamp made up of whores and general slime.