NOCs News - Ukraine Probe; Uganda Endorsement; Aussie Swimmers Update

Ukraine NOC Corruption Probe Set to Reveal Findings

The Ukraine NOC tells Around the Rings that its investigation commission probing allegations of black market ticket sales for London 2012 will make its findings public at an extraordinary general assembly in the next week.

NOC spokesman Ivan Bondarchuk told ATR that the Extraordinary NOC General Assembly would be held on one day between June 14 and 23. The actual date has yet to be set.

He confirmed that the commission had been working since last Monday and would reveal the results of the probe at that meeting.

"After that we will inform about all the decisions," he said.

The NOC's secretary general Vlodomyr Gerashchenko was forced to quit after a BBC report filmed him telling a reporter posing as a U.K. scalper he would have up to 100 London Olympics tickets to sell.

It's a criminal offense to sell tickets to scalpers; NOCs selling tickets in such a way is also a breach of LOCOG and IOC rules.

The NOC's Executive Committee, which accepted the resignation of Gerashchenko on May 31, took the decision to hold the Extraordinary General Assembly on this issue.

No interim secretary general has so far been appointed.

Sergey Bubka, NOC president and IOC member from Ukraine, has had to deal with the high-profile scandal at a time when he is also helping Ukraine football authorities to deliver UEFA's Euro 2012 tournament, the biggest international sporting event ever to be staged in Ukraine and co-host Poland.

IOC Backs UOC President

The IOC has reportedly endorsed the new president of the Uganda Olympic Committee, William Blick.

A report in Uganda’s "New Vision" news outlet quotes a letter from IOC director of NOC relations Pere Miro saying:

"Based on the documents which we have received, the IOC and ANOCA hereby take note of the outcome and results of this Extraordinary General Assembly of May 19.

"In line with our previous communication to all members of the Executive Committee of your NOC [National Olympic Committee], we hope that your NOC can now focus fully and entirely on the preparation of your athletes and your delegation for the Olympic Games."

Social Media Misadventure

Australian swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk are still bound for the London Olympics despite posing with high-powered automatic weapons in a Facebook photograph.

The Australian Olympic Committee announced Monday that, although they will remain on Team Australia, D’Arcy and Monk are banned from using social media during the Games and cannot remain in the Olympic Village after they compete.

Both Monk and D’Arcy have had run-ins with the law before, and chef de mission Nick Green said this latest incident gave him serious pause over the athletes’ "lack of judgment".

"Australian Olympians are required to meet very high standards of conduct and we cannot risk the reputation of the Team through non-compliance with the Team Membership Agreement," Green said.

If the swimmers are not required to stay for the final session of the swimming program, they will leave London on August 4.

Oakley, USOC Extend Partnership

Oakley, Inc. is now the official eyewear supplier for Team USA through 2020.

Oakley and the U.S. Olympic Committee announced the sponsorship in a statement Monday.

"US athletes trust Oakley eyewear, and we are proud to partner with a company that has earned such a distinguished reputation for performance technology," said USOC Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Baird.

Oakley is the first performance-based eyewear supplier to the USOC and Team USA, the statement said.

Written by Hannah Reid, Ed Hula III and Matthew Grayson.

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