IOC verklaart gang van zaken Sochi compliant
Op verzoek van Paquerette Girard Zappelli, Chief Officer Ethics and Compliance, heeft met haar overleg plaatsgevonden waarin NOC*NSF de eerder toegezonden informatie heeft toegelicht. Na afloop van dit gesprek heeft het IOC verklaart dat de in 2014 door NOC*NSF gevolgde procedure en opgelegde sancties, volledig compliant zijn met de IOC rules and procudures die destijds van kracht waren.
Gerard Dielessen: “Wij zijn tevreden met deze uitspraak. Wij zien dit als een bevestiging dat zowel het doorlopen proces als de opgelegde sanctie op een integere wijze tot stand zijn gekomen. Bovendien zien wij dit als een erkenning van de proportionaliteit van de sanctie.”
NOC*NSF erkent net als het IOC het grote belang van het voorkomen van competitie manipulatie. Vanaf 2014 hebben wij met steun van het IOC een aantal instrumenten ontwikkeld om de bewustwording van sporters en hun begeleiders op dit gebied te vergroten.
Verklaring IOC:
Statement:
Following an exchange of information between the National Olympic Committee of The Netherlands (NOC*NSF) and the IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (in charge of matters related to the manipulation of competitions), it was confirmed that during the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, a Dutch coach - part of the Dutch delegation - was also coaching the French pursuit team. This coach seemingly evoked to the Dutch technical director for speed skating the possibility of inviting Dutch skaters not to do their best during the race between the Dutch and the French team. Such thought was reported to, and rejected by, the NOC*NSF‘s Chef de Mission. There was no manipulation during the competitions. In March 2014, after the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, the coach in question received a written warning by NOC*NSF President and Secretary General.
The procedure and the sanctions applied by NOC NSF in 2014 were fully compliant with the IOC Rules and Procedures in force at the time.
Background information:
During the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, the Olympic Rules prohibited any form of competition manipulation linked with sport betting.
Since then, there has been important evolutions in the rules and tools available to protect sport’s credibility and integrity. The Council of Europe’s Convention on the Manipulation of Sport Competitions was opened for signature in November 2014 prohibiting all forms of competition manipulation, including those not linked to sport betting. The Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions, which aims to provide sports organisations with harmonised regulations to protect all competitions from the risk of manipulation in compliance with the Convention and the Code of Ethics, was then set up by the IOC in 2015.
To learn more about the IOC’s efforts to prevent competition manipulation, visit: www.olympic.org/prevention-competition-manipulation
Recognising the importance of raising awareness on the topic of prevention of competition manipulation, the IOC and the NOC*NSF have also since Sochi 2014 implemented educational tools to specifically inform athletes and their entourage on the issues of competition manipulation. This e-learning is available online to all the athletes and coaches on the Athletes 365 portal. The NOC*NSF confirms that all the persons then involved have completed one of these educational programmes (TBC by NOC NSF).
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