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CAS confirms corruption in World Triathlon elections

EXCLUSIVE: The head of the American confederation, Liber García (Uruguay), rigged elections with other continental princes and the then secretary general Antonio Arimany. The new triathlon boss Arimany is also ICAS vice president. An opposition is calling for an investigation and new elections.

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Source: pages 27/28 from the CAS ruling.
"Sport governance must not become theatre, where ethical breaches are acknowledged but not acted on. We have the ruling. We have the facts. Now we need the action.
Let this be the moment we all say: enough."
Michelle Cooper

The first word naturally goes to Michelle Cooper from Brisbane, who has been involved in triathlon on a voluntary basis for many years and was a board member of World Triathlon from 2020 to 2024. Last year, Michelle Cooper ran for the presidency of this Olympic IF. The faction that rules World Triathlon, which calls itself either The Team or The Group, quickly made it clear to her through Liber García that there was only one way forward: do as she was told. Withdraw her candidacy and run for the position of vice president instead.

The Group would ensure that she was elected to this office because they had the necessary votes and power.

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Liber García even put this in writing, via WhatsApp. This is what it looked like at the time:

Source: CAS 2025/A/11288

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