FILE PHOTO: A Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics mascot Miraitowa robot is showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show, in Tokyo, Japan October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
(Reuters) - Boxing referees and judges involved in the Rio Olympics, who were all suspended following the Games, will not be allowed to officiate at Tokyo 2020, an International Olympic Committee task force said on Wednesday https://www.olympic.org/news/transparency-highlighted-in-tokyo-2020-olympic-boxing-regulations.
All 36 referees and judges from the Rio Olympics were suspended in the wake of the Games as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) carried out an investigation, following allegations that Olympic fights were fixed.
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