A male member of the Olympic Committee is accused of verbally harassing a female expert at an Olympic team preparation camp ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
The Finnish Olympic Committee announced that it was taking a third suspicion of inappropriate behavior to the Finnish Sports Ethics Center Suek for investigation.
This is a case in which a male member of the Olympic Committee is accused of verbally harassing a female expert at an Olympic team preparation camp before the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
In addition to this case, Suek’s investigations include the former head of the top sports unit Mika Lehtimäki and a former member of the Board of the Olympic Committee Anni Goat River cases.
According to the Olympic Committee, the third case now under investigation has been discussed with the parties last summer and in the autumn. Based on the explanation received, no suspicion or accusation of harassment was expressed or revealed during the discussions, and the person who was the subject of the suspected harassment had no claims in the matter.
According to the Olympic Committee, the person who was the subject of the suspected harassment has contacted the Equality Ombudsman and asked for the matter to be clarified. The Equality Ombudsman has sent a request for clarification to the Finnish Olympic Committee. The Olympic Committee considers that, in order to ensure an impartial settlement, this case should also be investigated by an independent body.
– With this measure, we want to show that we are uncompromisingly following the responsibility program of the sports community. We have reacted to all cases that came to our attention and made our own inquiries into all of them. At the same time, we consider it important that matters are also clarified by an independent body, Chairman of the Olympic Committee Jan Vapaavuori commented in a press release released on Tuesday.
Urheil was the first to report on a warning against Lehtimäki, the former head of the top sports unit, two weeks ago. Lehtimäki resigned at the end of March after the opening of the tangle. After that, Vuohijoki, who served as an athlete on the board of the Olympic Committee, resigned. He said he had received a message that he was suspected of sexual harassment and had taken the matter to Suek himself.
In particular, the Presidium of the Olympic Committee, the Chairman Vapaavuori and the Vice-Chairs Sari Multala and Susanna Rahkamohas received a lot of criticism about the tangle.