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Posted on April 3, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleFrench financial prosecutors have closed their investigation into Tony Estanguet’s salary as Paris 2024 organising committee president, concluding there was no criminal wrongdoing. Estanguet had not been involved in setting his pay, which was transparently managed and audited under a strict framewor
PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) - French financial prosecutors have dropped an investigation of Paris 2024 Olympics chief Tony Estanguet regarding his salary, the prosecutor's department said on Friday.
It said the investigation, which looked into Estanguet's salary in his role as president of the 2024 Olympics organising committee, had found no case of criminal wrongdoing.
Estanguet, a three-time Olympic canoeing champion before taking charge of the Paris 2024 organising committee, had said he was not involved in the decision on his salary.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
Prosecutors were investigating Tony Estanguet regarding his salary as president of the Paris 2024 Olympics organizing committee.
French financial prosecutors dropped the investigation, finding no criminal wrongdoing.
Tony Estanguet stated that he was not involved in setting his own salary.
The prosecutor's department made the announcement, and the story was reported by Reuters.
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