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FIG TEAMS UP WITH THE IOC TO REINFORCE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL BETTING

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has reasserted its commitment to fighting illegal betting, match-fixing and corruption in sport by signing up to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS).

As an intelligence-sharing digital platform, IBIS will enable FIG and its member federations to access an extensive network of monitoring and data-sharing across sports, event owners and the major sports betting entities.

The objectives set out by the IOC through the implementation of IBIS are three-fold:

1. To safeguard sports from the threat associate with illegal sports betting;
2. To support international federations and multi-sport event organisers with an intelligence and information exchange;
3. To create a framework for transparency, confidentiality and trust across all users.

FIG joins the seven Olympic winter sports federations and a growing number of Olympic summer sports federations which have already joined IBIS in advance of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

The FIG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the IOC and the system will be in place for this year’s FIG World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics, all of which are qualifying events for Rio 2016.