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2016 Olympics head says Rio bid clean

The head of the Rio 2016 Olympic bid says their bid was clean in the wake of a French investigation.

Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman

The head of the Rio 2016 Olympic bid says their bid was clean in the wake of a French investigation. (AAP)

The head of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says their bid was clean after French prosecutors widened their investigation into athletics corruption to include bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Games.

Carlos Nuzman told The Associated Press the Rio bid was "without any problems," adding it was "very correct, very open."

Rio beat Madrid and Tokyo for the 2016 Olympics in a 2009 vote. Tokyo is the 2020 host.

Separately, Nuzman says disgraced former FIFA president Joao Havelange, due to celebrate his 100th birthday in May, "will be invited to the games" in his homeland as "he was very important to our country."

FIFA's marketing agency partner ISL was found to have routinely bribed sports officials, including Havelange, before collapsing into criminal bankruptcy in 2001.


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