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Election results raise ire of non-winners.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
PHILADELPHIA _ The historic July election in which Jacques Rogge of Belgium replaced retiring International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch apparently left behind a few hard feelings.
Dick Pound of Canada, who finished third behind Rogge and Kim Un Yong of Korea, was so miffed that he sent a letter to the IOC's largest sponsors, claiming the election results showed "almost complete disregard, even contempt" for the sponsors.
That letter, copies of which were obtained by the Los Angeles Times, cautioned sponsors that the reform process undertaken after the 1999 Salt Lake City scandal could be rolled back if they aren't vigilant.
"Dick Pound has written a letter," Rogge told reporters. "I am not going to comment on the letter. Or Dick Pound."
Pound, who helped build the marketing engine that now provides the IOC with $4 billion for each quadrennium, was also the leading force behind the investigation and reforms that led to the resignation or expulsion of 10 IOC members.
What was his reward? Third place, behind not only ...
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