Rio, Sep28, 2016 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today sanctioned three athletes for betting on the Rio Olympic Games 2016 and in the process violating Rules on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions.
The athletes are Michael John Conlan(Ireland), Steve Gerard Donnelly (Ireland) and Antony Fowler (Great Britain).
According to the IOC, Michael John Conlan, 24, who competed in the sport of boxing (AIBA), in the men’s bantamweight (56kg) event, placed bets on boxing events at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
Consequently, the IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Angela Ruggiero and Karl Stoss found him to have violated the Rules for the Application during the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro of the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions.
He is sanctioned with a severe reprimand and required to demonstrate, in order to have his accreditation validated for the next edition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, in the event that he is eligible for that competition, that he has successfully followed the educational programme of the IOC. He is also required to support, through active participation, the education programmes organised by either the Olympic Council of Ireland, AIBA or the IOC.
It also sanctioned the Olympic Council of Ireland with a reprimand for not properly informing its athletes about the content of the different rules applicable to them on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Rio, as well as about the content of the contract signed with them.
The council is requested to make sure that the team preparation for the Olympic Games (winter and summer) includes complete education on the prevention of the manipulation of competitions and betting on the Olympic Games, using the material provided to the NOCs by the IOC.
Steve Gerard Donnelly who competed in the sport of boxing (AIBA), in the men’s welterweight (69kg) event, placed bets on various boxing events at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
He is therefore sanctioned with a severe reprimand and required to demonstrate, in order to have his accreditation validated for the next edition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, in the event that he is eligible for that competition, that he has successfully followed the educational programme of the IOC. He is also required to support, through active participation, the education programmes organised by either the Olympic Council of Ireland, AIBA or the IOC. The Olympic Council of Ireland was also sanctioned for not providing adequate information to athletes on rules of the games.
Antony Fowler, 25, of Great Britain, who competed in the sport of boxing (AIBA), in the men’s middleweight (75kg) event was found to have placed bets on boxing events at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and in the process violated the Rules for the Application during the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro of the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions and subsequently sanctioned with a severe reprimand.
He is required to demonstrate, in order to have his accreditation validated for the next edition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, in the event that he is eligible for that competition, that he has successfully followed the educational programme of the IOC and is required to support, through active participation, the education programmes organised by either the British Olympic Association, AIBA or the IOC.
The IOC also sanctioned the British Olympic Association(BOA) with a reprimand for not having properly informed its athletes about the content of the different rules applicable to them on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Rio, as well as about the content of the contract signed with them.
The BOA is requested to make sure that the team preparation for the Olympic Games (winter and summer) includes complete education on the prevention of the manipulation of competitions and betting on the Olympic Games, using the material provided to the NOCs by the IOC.
