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IAAF council member Frankie Fredericks has been payment was legitimate and related to his role in the
provisionally suspended from athletics pending an promoting of several athletics events.
investigation into a potential ethics violation, the sport’s He told Le Monde the payment had “nothing
governing body said. whatsoever to do with the Olympic games”.
The Namibian is being investigated by the Athletics Fredericks stepped down from two key administrative
Integrity Unit (AIU) over payments he received from Papa roles in March following the accusations.
Massata Diack, the son of ex-IAAF president Lamine He quit as head of the evaluation commission for the
Diack. 2024 Olympics, and left a taskforce helping Russia return
In March, French newspaper Le Monde claimed former to international competition.
sprinter Fredericks received a payment days before In his written judgement, the chairman of the IAAF
voting on the 2016 Olympics host city. Disciplinary Tribunal, Michael J Beloff, said Fredericks’
The four-time Olympic silver medallist says the suspension was not a presumption of guilt.

It has been a tough year for British weightlifter Zoe Smith recently relocated to Loughborough in Leicestershire, so
after a devastating shoulder injury and having to work in she can be close to her gym.
a cafe to fund her training. Up until the move last month, she was working in
The 23-year-old finished second in the Women’s 63KG a coffee shop in London and training after her shifts
class at the British Weightlifting Championships in July. following a funding cut by UK Sport.
It’s one of the qualifiers for the Commonwealth Games in She’s been having rehab on her shoulder after she
Australia next year. dislocated it during a 92kg snatch in the 63kg category of
“I’m going to give it my best shot,” she says. the GB Championships last year.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist has

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