2016 Rio Olympics - Boxing - Semifinal - Women's Fly (51kg) Semifinals Bout 252 - Riocentro - Pavilion 6 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Ingrid Valencia (COL) of Colombia and Sarah Ourahmoune (FRA) of France compete. REUTERS/Pool
LONDON (Reuters) - "Unprofessional relationships" within AIBA created an atmosphere of collusion between senior management and judges that undermined the boxing body at last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the governing body said in a statement on Friday.
It added, however, that a special investigation committee of experts had found no evidence of active interference in the results after carrying out 50 interviews over a four month period.
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