Published 2015-04-16 21:44
Björn Eriksson.
Athletic Federation president Björn Eriksson, accusing the IAAF, the International Association of Athletics Federations, to corruption. The reason is that it is already assigned to Eugene in the US World Athletics Championships in 2021. A championship Gothenburg supposed to search.
“It stinks of management,” says Björn Eriksson.
Athletic Federation president Björn Eriksson, accusing the IAAF, the International Association of Athletics Federations, to corruption. The reason is that it is already assigned to Eugene in the US World Athletics Championships in 2021. A championship Gothenburg supposed to search.
“It stinks of management,” says Björn Eriksson.
On its website, writes the international federation that the reason that it departed from the normal order in which several cities applying and competing for championships, was that they consider it important that the championship for the first time organized in the United States.
Eugene filed for World Cup 2019, but the championship went to Doha, Qatar. Now, among other things, the United States Olympic Committee and broadcaster NBC processed IAAF and promised a big bet.
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– Although the decision is different from the normal procedure, I am pleased that my colleagues understood the tremendous opportunity it brings to the sport to gain access to a key market, says the outgoing IAAF chairman Lamine Diack in a comment .
The decision has been Athletic Association chairman Björn Eriksson go through the roof. The union was preparing together with the City of Gothenburg an application to host the Championships 2021.
– You could say that it is distressing for what we say is that you do not want to receive other offers and it is a powerful violations of fair play, or corruption.
– I tried to think of any argument for why you do this and after thinking, but do not think of anything, only remains explanations of the less pleasant character: either paid for the championship or it’s about Buddy science, says Björn Eriksson.
He can understand that the US is an important market and had accepted the decision taken place after you evaluated the various urban applications.
– But when you say even now that they have such a good commercial solutions, then it stinks of management, says Björn Eriksson and adds:
– The big international sporting associations seems to follow the old rule that the larger sums, the greater the risk of corruption.
Even the European Athletic Association Chairman, Norwegian Svein Arne Hansen, is surprised by the international union’s decision.
– I must say I am surprised at the total lack of process in terms of the IAAF decision taken. IAAF knew Gothenburg was a serious contender for the World Cup in 2021 and I know it was an important year for the city as it celebrates 400 years of the same year, Hansen says in a statement.
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