OLY: Gosper quits ethics commission ahead of hearing

AAP Sports News (Australia), March, 2000

AAP Sports News (Australia) 03-06-2000 OLY: Gosper quits ethics commission ahead of hearing By Steve Keating LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 6 Reuters - International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Kevan Gosper resigned today from the IOC ethics committee he helped to form ahead of a hearing into allegations he broke Olympic guidelines. Gosper, who says he is innocent of charges he submitted $US11,000 ($A18,000) in expenses to organisers of 2002 Winter Games hosts Salt Lake City after a family visit, said he made the decision to step down so that there would be no question of impropriety while the eight-member panel discussed his case. "I believe I've done nothing wrong," Gosper, vice-president of the organising committee for this year's Sydney...

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