Since Tokyo in september 2013 was awarded the hosting of the summer OLYMPICS in 2020 under the nose of Madrid and Istanbul, it took place may not be with pure means.
According to the AFP are Tsunekazu Takeda, president of Japan’s Olympic Committee, in december in Paris have been indicted for corruption due to a suspicious money transfer of 2.3 million dollars (small 15 million) in connection with the awarding of the OLYMPICS-the hosting.
Payment should have taken place up to the vote in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, where Tokyo was awarded the title.
According to AFP, which cites a source from the court of Paris, was the charge raised 10. december, but it is first come forward now.
Takeda has been the president of the Japan Olympic Committee since 2001, where he succeeded Yushiro Yagi.
At the vote in 2013 was Madrid as the first city eliminated, while Tokyo’s 60 votes beat Istanbul’s 36 votes in the decisive vote on to be awarded the OLYMPICS in 2020.
last month asked the president of The International Olympic Committee (IOC), German Thomas Bach, Senegal to cooperate fully with the French authorities, in the case of corruption at the top of international athletics.
Now, Bach so relate to, that there might have been corruption in his own organization. Tsunekazu Takeda is also a member of the IOC, where he has had the space since 2012.
Tsunekazu Takeda has even participated in the OLYMPICS as springrytter back in 1972 and 1976, where he, along with the japanese teams were respectively number 16 and 13.
in Addition, he has been the coach of the japanese riders at the OLYMPIC games in 1984, 1988 and 1992.
at the same time, from all indications, the OLYMPICS in Tokyo will be a far more costly affair for the country, than had been anticipated by the manufacturer.
The latest figures is that the OLYMPICS-the title ends with the run up of 81.5 billion. As the Tokyo welcomed into the OLYMPICS, it was with a budget of 47 billion.
The japanese government had promised about 6.7 billion dollars to the OLYMPICS project, but the total bill for the government ends up probably with the countries in the region of 45 billion dollars, according to the latest figures. It writes cnbc.com.
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