Former IOC member Lamine Diack with ties to Tokyo 2020 case dies at 88

Lamine Diack, a former International Olympic Committee member who was tied to a French corruption case over Japan's bid to secure the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo, died Friday at the age of 88 at his home in Senegal, Reuters reported.Diack was president of world athletics' governing body from 2001 to 2015 after serving as the previous president's proxy since 1999.In 2014, French authorities investigated him on suspicion of bribery and money laundering in connection with the systematic doping in Russian athletics.Diack was convicted in September 2020 and was also under investigation over allegati…READ FULL ARTICLE