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(AUG 3) After Wednesday's
night
controversial bouts the AIBA met yesterday and issued this
statement:
“London, Great Britain, 02 August 2012 - Following the review of
Bout #105 and Bout #108, AIBA Technical Delegates, Competition
Jury Chairman, Draw Commission Chairman and R&Js Evaluators have
unanimously taken the following decisions.
- To expel Referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov (Turkmenistan) from
the London 2012 Olympic Games with immediate effect. Mr.
Meretnyyazov is on his way back home.
- To suspend Referee Frank Scharmach (Germany) from Refereeing
for a period of five (5) days, up to and including 06 August.
Also, following a number of breaches of the AIBA Code of
Conduct, the AIBA Olympic Compliance Committee proposed to the
AIBA President to expel International Technical Official (ITO)
Aghajan Abiyev (Azerbaijan) from the London 2012 Olympic Games
with immediate effect. The decision was approved by the AIBA
President and therefore Mr Abiyev has now left the AIBA
Delegation's hotel.
Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA President declared: "I deeply regret that
we had to take these decisions. However, our main concern has
been and will always be the protection of the integrity and
fair-play of our competitions. I will take all possible steps to
reinforce this."
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