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DIED. ROBERT HELMICK, 66, energetic ex-president of the U.S. Olympic Committee; of cardiac failure; in Des Moines, Iowa. Before resigning in 1991 over conflict-of-interest allegations concerning his business ties with groups interested in contracting with the U.S.O.C. (he denied the charges, and a judge ultimately agreed with him), he revitalized the committee, notably pushing for a change in rules so cash-poor athletes could receive greater compensation while training...
...self-respecting I.O.C. member if you weren't demanding first-class travel. You were something of a boob if you weren't cashing in those tickets, buying coach and keeping the change. Where once Killy gave out pens, suitor cities now offered furs, jewelry and fine wines. Robert Helmick, a former I.O.C. member and U.S.O.C. president who resigned in 1991 when it was alleged that he had violated U.S.O.C. conflict-of-interest guidelines by representing clients linked to the Olympics (he later was cleared of any wrongdoing), remembered keepsakes suddenly escalating from "nice things to exorbitant things." At I.O.C. confabs...
...banks of Lake Geneva in Lausanne. Tsutsumi lined up 19 Japanese corporations, and together they contributed $20 million to build Samaranch's hall of fame. Tsutsumi was awarded the Gold Olympic Order, and Nagano was eventually awarded the Games, by four votes out of 88 total. On 60 Minutes, Helmick said of the Tsutsumi tsunami, "There's nothing wrong with Japanese industrialists donating millions of dollars to Samaranch's project. There is something wrong with Samaranch or someone else on the I.O.C.--and I'm not saying it happened--turning around and voting for Nagano because of it." Samaranch...
...Helmick was not the only suspected Olympic profiteer. According to the U.S. Skiing federation, which trains the Olympic ski team, USOC executive director Harvey Schiller offered to augment the team's financial grants in exchange for ski passes and accepted free ski equipment for his personal use. Schiller denies this, saying he paid for all the equipment he received. But Howard Peterson, president and CEO of U.S. Skiing, also charged last week in a letter to the USOC that "individuals in the USOC have used their position to intimidate and threaten others who comment on the actions of the USOC...
...Helmick, his troubles are not yet over. The International Olympic Committee, of which he has been a member since 1985, said that it would also investigate his business deals and that his position there could be in jeopardy. Meanwhile, the executive committee of the USOC will meet this week to take up an urgent task: choosing a new president...