Paris Olympics 2024: two Kazakh referees from football tournament removed after suspicions of corruption

by time news

2024-08-16 15:28:43

This does not help the image of boxing with the Olympic authorities. According to the information revealed by The Times, Two Kazakh referees were fired midway through the Paris Games. Alisher Altayev and Yermek Suiyenish were eliminated before the semi-finals and final, but were still refereed during the fifty matches at the Olympics.

The two referees present a “high risk” of corruption, Professor Richard McLaren pointed out in 2021 after integrity tests following several scandals at the Rio Games. The IOC assures, for its part, that it has carried out integrity tests which both parties concerned have successfully passed. Contacted this Thursday at the beginning of the afternoon to comment on this decision, the French Air Force did not want to explain, “it is not the behavior of commenting on subjects which do not have all the elements”.

Frosty’s relationship with the IOC

Yermek Suiyenish in particular took a fight in the round of 16 of -50 kg won by the French Wassila Lkhadiri in front of the Irish house Daina Moorehouse. “We have to look at the judges and the judges,” was the struggle that struck that day. “If you have eyes, you know that every round is 5-0,” continued his coach, as the controversy spread in the Irish press.

The French federation wanted to equalize the discussion: “Our air was won by four judges to one. A referee cannot change the game alone. “The match, which is described as “close” like that of Sofiane Oumiha in the end for example, in the end that bowed to the French lady: “When the matches are close, 50% of the observers are sure of winning and 50% of course has been stolen,” said the federation.

These exclusions are yet another controversy, while the International Boxing Federation (IBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) maintain cold relations. Since boxing, whose Federation is led by a Russian oligarch close to the Kremlin, cannot be renewed for the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Thomas Bach.

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