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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry says the organisation will investigate if IOC member Gianni Infantino breached the terms of its charter when attending the inaugral meeting of The Board of Peace, which was established by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Infantino, the president of football’s world governing body FIFA, appeared at the meeting in Washington D.C. on Thursday, flanked by politicans and sporting a red hat with ‘USA’ on the front and the numbers ’45-47′ – a reference to Trump’s non-consecutive presidencies.
“I wasn’t aware of that, that we had an IOC member front and centre,” Coventry told a press conference during Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, when asked about the hat and Infantino’s presence.
“Now that you guys (journalists) made us aware of it we will go back and have a look at it. The IOC Charter is very clear what it expects of its members. We will go and research into the alleged signing of documents.”
“I think from the IOC’s point of view we will continue to be politically neutral,” Coventry added. “That’s the only way for us as an organisation to ensure that we allow for there to be fairness on the field of play. That’s what we will continue to do as we walk into the future.”