New president Sarah Keane wants to rebuild OCI credibility

The newly elected president of the Olympic Council of Ireland has spoken about the “devastating” impact of last year’s scandals at the Rio Games and hinted she would prefer to see a report into the situation published.

Sarah Keane, who was elected last Thursday as the successor to Pat Hickey, said there were “definitely huge challenges” around the Olympic movement and said she would strive to help restore any credibility lost as a result of events in the past year.

Ms Keane, who was chief executive of Swim Ireland ahead of her election to the OCI presidency, said over €800,000 has already been spent as a result of the incredible occurrences at last year’s Games in Brazil.