The self-made millionaire was just trying to help. So he sent to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 28. In March a letter. Thomas Creek is this, and this “Dear Mr. Bach,” was informed by the Russians Umar Kremlew that he was going to take over the debts of the world Association of Olympic Boxing (Aiba) – provided that the Association continue to mount Olympus to stay. Approximately $ 16 million, the Aiba in the Minus.

At the headquarters of the Olympians in Lausanne, it was divided on whether this strange, in Olympic history, unique proposal, a desperate act, or a hidden threat. Because Kremlew is not a Nobody, but the General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation, so an Insider in the world of sports officials. The IOC rejected the offer, because the money had not grasped wedler simply, what it’s all about the guardians of the rings.

man with a dubious reputation: Gafur Rakhimov.

The Uzbek Gafur Rakhimov brings you to Glow. In the late autumn of 2018, the Aiba chose him to be President, after he had led the office on an interim basis. Rakhimov is known as the “godfather of Tashkent”, because he should be involved in the global heroin trade. Therefore, he is since 2012 on the sanctions list of the U.S. Treasury. Its US accounts are frozen. But Never could the 67-Year-old will prove a criminal Offence. Defamation lawsuits in a number of countries, he won.

Thomas Bach, however, no man with such a reputation and wanted to be at the top of an Olympic Association, and as a part of his family. Although Rakhimov has been a member since more than 20 years of Aiba-tip. But because he was never the number 1, it seemed the IOC to move the personnel to the maximum frown. And with good reason: It has in our own ranks, so some older man with a dubious reputation.

wanted to choose As the Boxing but just Rakhimov to its flagship character, a handle stream. First, he said, in Public, that it would get this choice. At the latest since the Boxfunktionäre would have had to realize that what he wanted to tell the most powerful Olympians you actually: “This is a red line you don’t cross!”

you foutierten, although to them, the IOC had clarified before the presidential election, to violate the Aiba from the Olympic family. This boxes since 1904, Olympic. Olympic gold in the career, in the beginning of fist-fighters as “The Greatest”, Muhammad Ali.

The frozen-in millions

The IOC Executive responded this December, with a hardness on the Rakhimov-choice: you withdrew from the Aiba has the right to plan the Boxing tournament at the Games of 2020 and threatens more, and the boxes to throw out. The millions in aid, of which the Aiba is almost completely dependent on the, frozen the IOC and a Commission of inquiry convened. You put at the end of March, an interim report.

at the Latest, in June at the IOC Session will decide the fate of the Boxer decided to. Rakhimov, who promised during his inaugural, to lead the Aiba in “a bright future”, has been deposed in the meantime by yourself. A Moroccan moved up on an interim basis, but as Governor of Rakhimov, the want to go to the end of the IOC’s Research back to the Post.

The dubious antics of the Box top draws like a leitmotif through the Association.

Meanwhile, the Aiba officials are desperately trying to comply with the requirements of the IOC, relating to all the Association areas. 4000 pages with all the (Ver-)Changes, so progress, it was the Aiba-Director, recently gave the IOC. Nevertheless, he says: “The IOC would have to 2014/15, in addition to throw. We had our Shop is simply in the grip.”

He was referring to the reign of Wu Ching-Kuo. The sports friend from Taiwan, an architect by profession, led the Aiba from 2006 to 2017, before the Association of life due to mismanagement of a long-excluded. In the IOC of a 72-Year-old is sitting up, which leads to a piquant Situation that the Olympians to be treated as a man of honor, the Boxer, however, as Persona non grata. Wu went over a Deal of ten million dollars with an Azerbaijani company.

As the auditors of PWC were not able to find almost the half of the sum, and demanded that the Association will take legal steps. Wu and his Secretary-General, the reassure both of their innocence, were banished forever. The spell of the Secretary-General highlighted the “godfather of Tashkent” and his men now.

The dubious behaviour until failure of the Aiba behavior-point runs like a leitmotif through the Association. It was revealed to be able to afford, how much pot unktionäre of world sport over the decades – until they may be punished. Because in the last 30 years, every President and Secretary-General of the Aiba was practically on account of breaches.

As “THE Seagull” sang

Before Rakhimov and Wu of the Pakistani Anwar Chowdhry led over many years by the Aiba. In 2006, he was voted out in 2007 due to mismanagement is also a life-long excluded. About the Professor, his Nickname refers to his Unititel, is very much known because of his many years of Berlin’s Secretary-General worked as an informer for the Stasi.

“THE Seagull” chirped he on a regular basis. Among other things, “Chowdhry character is an absolute pig, disingenuous, sneaky, and devious. Chowdhry is an absolute and in every respect corrupt.”

The IOC awarded these business makers with an Olympic medal, Unesco or countries, such as Pakistan, Thailand, Azerbaijan, and Morocco celebrated him. Honorary doctorate received Chowdhry of Nations, the celebrated suddenly amazing Olympic Boxer.

The highly decorated and died in 2010. Successor to Wu, let him live in flowery words, and as a man of honor. Along with Gafur Rakhimov, the Taiwanese has managed it since then, the dubious to keep the reputation of the Association and to make him the scandal of the Association to who he is today.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 05.04.2019, 12:53 PM