LONDON (Reuters) - IOC member Frankie Fredericks has stepped aside from an IAAF task force following a newspaper report that he received almost $300,000 from disgraced marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack, athletics' world governing body said on Monday. Former Slovenia high jumper Rozle Prezelj has replaced Fredericks on the five-strong International Association of Athletics Federations' task force, which is coordinating the re-admittance process regarding the suspended Russian athletics' federation RUSAF, the IAAF statement added. Fredericks, one of the most senior figure at the IAAF and IOC, said he had done nothing wrong in receiving the money from Diack, the son of former IAAF president Lamine. "I have decided to step aside from the task force so that the integrity of its work is not questioned due to the allegations made against me in Le Monde," Fredericks was quoted as saying in Monday's IAAF statement. Papa Massata Diack was banned for life from athletics last year over multi-million dollar corruption allegations.

Source: The Star March 06, 2017 20:15 UTC