Thursday 16 March 2017

IOC board member apologizes for linking Russian ban to Nazis

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - IOC board member Gian Franco Kasper apologized Thursday for comparing a ban on Russia from the 2018 Olympics to persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.

"It was an inappropriate and insensitive comment," Kasper, the long-time International Ski Federation president, said in a statement.

The 73-year-old ...
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