Ireland Has More Olympic Officials With Seized Passports Than Medals in Rio
By Ty Duffy
Pat Hickey, the now former Olympic Council of Ireland president, was arrested in Rio for alleged involvement in a multi-million-dollar ticketing scam.
The Irish Times is reporting three more unidentified OCI officials had their passports, phones, computers seized in connection with the investigation Sunday morning.
The number of Irish Olympic officials who cannot leave Brazil due to seized passports or being held in jail (four) is now greater than the country’s two Rio 2016 medals, both silver, obtained in rowing and sailing.