Following the recommendation of the Ethics Commission, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), pursuant to paragraph 4 of Rule 25.2.1.1 of the Olympic Charter, today decided unanimously to provisionally deprive Mr Un Yong Kim of all the rights, prerogatives and functions deriving from his IOC membership until the investigation under way in South Korea and the inquiry of the Ethics Commission have been finalised.

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