SOCHI, Russia (AP) β The president of track and field’s world governing body says major sports federations can survive without umbrella body SportAccord after its leader behaved like a “dictator” in his scathing attack on the IOC.
IAAF President Lamine Diack pulled his federation out of SportAccord on Monday after Marius Vizer blasted the International Olympic Committee and its president, Thomas Bach.
Vizer accused the IOC of lacking transparency, ignoring the federations and blocking his plans for new multi-sport competitions.
The international shooting federation also withdrew from SportAccord, which represents Olympic and non-Olympic federations. Other sports are considering following suit.
Diack says in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that Vizer resembled “a chief or dictator coming from nowhere” and telling major sports federations what to do.
