OLYMPICS
Vizer seeks to repair ties with IOC
AP,
LONDON – A month after launching a scathing attack on the IOC, the head of SportAccord said Tuesday he wants to meet with Thomas Bach to repair the damage that has led multiple sports to cut ties with the umbrella body for international federations.
Responding to the backlash that followed his blistering criticism of Olympic leaders, SportAccord chief Marius Vizer said he has proposed a meeting with the IOC president “in order to define the way forward and relieve pressure” from the federations.
The meeting, Vizer said, “needs to be held for the benefit and the unity of the sports movement.”
Vizer said he is also seeking a meeting with the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, which represents the 28 sports in the games.
“I look forward to open and honest discussions which are for the benefit of sport,” Vizer said in a statement from SportAccord’s headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. “I hope to have positive discussions which will lead to tangible solutions.”