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Tokyo 2020 consulting firm paid around Sh40 million to Lamine Diack's son - report

Athletics

By Reuters | Sep 21, 2020

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A file photo taken on on August 14, 2009 shows Athletics' world ruling body IAAF then President Lamine Diack answering a question during a joint press conference with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Berlin on the sideline of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships. [AFP PHOTO / FABRICECOFFRINI]

A consulting firm for Tokyo's Olympic bid committee paid around $370,000 to the son of Lamine Diack, once one of the world's most powerful sports officials, around the time Japan was picked to host the 2020 Games, Kyodo News reported on Monday.

The report comes amid French investigations into the former head of Tokyo's bid committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, for approving around $2 million in payments to Black Tidings, a now-defunct consulting firm in Singapore.

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