21.   Moran said he believed the IOC had been seeking information about its own members making improper requests of bid cities in its February inquiry.

22.   Pound said others could be implicated as the IOC broadens its probe to other bid cities from other years.

23.   Revelations have shown that similar bidding practices occurred in other successful bid cities, including Atlanta, Sydney, Australia, and Nagano, Japan.

24.   Several bid cities said they were awaiting word from various government officials.

25.   Samaranch also defended the revamped temporary selection process, under which IOC members could not visit bid cities, and said he would object to reinstating site visits.

26.   Some International Olympic Committee delegates and bid cities were caught in a tango of corruption.

27.   Still, Atlanta organizers insist they were far less excessive than other bid cities, which in some cases spent twice as much.

28.   The board also proposed an experimental halt on allowing IOC members to visit bid cities, where they are wined and dined and treated to lavish benefits.

29.   The crackdown on bid cities, Samaranch said, was both necessary and overdue.

30.   The report will become more relevant than in the past because IOC delegates are prevented from visiting bid cities in the wake of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal.