PARIS – Lamine Diack, once one of the most powerful people in athletics, was convicted in France on Sept. 16 of running a clique that covered up Russian doping in return for bribes worth millions of dollars and sentenced to spend at least two years in jail.
Reuters: Ex-head of world athletics Diack given jail sentence for corruption
Former global athletics chief Lamine Diack arrives on Sept. 16, 2020 at Paris' courthouse to hear the verdict in his corruption trial along with four other defendants over Russian doping cases.
