Murofushi prevented from joining IOC Athletes' Commission

Murofushi prevented from joining IOC Athletes' Commission

LONDON, Britain - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi gives a press conference at the Main Press Centre in Olympic Park in London on Aug. 11, 2012 after the International Olympic Committee announced the same day Murofushi's election to the IOC Athletes' Commission was invalidated as he was judged to have violated election campaign rules. Murofushi won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics and was the Athens Olympic gold medalist in 2004.

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