Frantic bid to salvage London’s faltering 2012 Olympic bid

BRITISH Olympic Association chairman Craig Reedie is frantically trying to salvage London’s faltering 2012 Olympic bid.

Reedie was forced onto the defensive by the unfavourable International Olympic Committee reaction to the BBC Panorama documentary which led to the suspension of Bulgarian representative Ivan Slavkov.

While the IOC are continuing their investigations into the allegations that Slavkov was prepared to accept gifts from undercover reporters posing as London businessmen trying to gain support for the capital’s bid - claims the Bulgarian fiercely denies - Reedie is attempting to limit the damaging impact of the programme on the IOC.