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parties” subject to the ethics rules, which go on to say that “the Olympic parties or their representatives
shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, accept or offer ... any concealed benefit or service of any nature,
connected with the organization of the Olympic Games...The Olympic parties shall neither give nor
accept instructions to vote or intervene.”
IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau wrote that there were not “proper grounds for the IOC Ethics
Commission to launch an investigation” because “neither Mr. Furlong nor the people referred to are
bound by the IOC's Code of Ethics.” Moreau added that “these remain unsubstantiated comments that
were not brought to the IOC's attention during the 2010 bidding process.”
NPR broke the story and wrote back to Moreau, quoting in detail the sections of the IOC Code noting
that Furlong and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, are subject to the Code. She answered that the IOC
“will endeavor to get back to [NPR] with as much information as possible.” There are no new media
reports after this was published in May 2011.
Other: One month after the Atlanta Olympics, he was stabbed in the abdomen with a knife during a
dispute with three Moscow street vendors. The knife sliced his artery, grazed one of his kidneys and
damaged the pleura, the membrane that encases the lungs. He had emergency surgery and spent three
months in rehabilitation. At the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain, he successfully
defended his 50 m and 100 m freestyle titles.
Awards
• 1996 Russian Medal of Honour for contributions to sport.
• Russian Athlete of the Year and European Sports Press Union Athlete of the Year in 1996.
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