欧洲奥委会主席在里约当“黄牛”被撤职

　　爱语导读:日前国际奥委会高级官员帕崔克·希基盖因在里约售卖“黄牛票”而被捕，目前他已经被暂时撤除了国际奥委会的职务。

　　The Irishman, 71, was taken to hospital following his arrest, after requesting medical attention.

　　帕崔克是爱尔兰人，今年71岁，在被捕后他要求医疗救助，随后便被送往了医院。

　　Brazilian police claim he was involved in a scheme to resell Olympic tickets at higher than their face value.

　　据巴西警方声称，帕崔克参与倒卖里约奥运会门票，以比票面更高的价格出售。

　　They said the scheme could have had profits of 10m reals (2.4m pound; $3.1m).

　　巴西警方指出，这起案件可能已经非法牟利1000万雷亚尔（约合240万英镑，310万美元）。

　　Mr Hickey will be replaced as president of the European Olympic Committees - the body which brings together the 50 national committees across the continent - by his deputy Janez Kocijancic.

　　帕崔克的欧洲奥委会主席职位将会被撤销，由其副手Janez Kocijancic接替。欧洲奥委会是一个联合集结了全欧洲50多个国家奥委会的组织。

　　The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said in a statement that Mr Hickey was stepping aside "until this matter is fully resolved" and would continue to co-operate and assist with all enquiries.

　　爱尔兰奥委会在一份声明中表示说，帕崔克将被暂停职位“直到这起案件完全解决为止”，并且将继续合作、协助所有的调查。

　　The former judoka has been a member of the 15-strong executive board of the International Olympic Committee since 2012, making him a prime mover in the world of international sports.

　　帕崔克以前是柔道运动员，他从2012年开始成为国际奥委会15执行董事中的一员，成为了国际体育界一个重磅人物。

　　Brazilian police said that when officers went to Mr Hickey’s hotel room on Wednesday morning, they found his wife there with his Olympic credentials.

　　据巴西警方声称，当警察们在周三早间前往帕崔克的酒店房间的时候，他们只发现了帕崔克的妻子和他的奥委会证件。

　　Mrs Hickey told them her husband had left Rio de Janeiro for Ireland at the weekend, they said.

　　据警方表示，当时派崔克夫人对他们表示说，帕崔克已经于周末的时候离开里约赶赴爱尔兰了。

　　"We noticed that there was another room in the hotel under his son’s name, so we went to that room and we found Hickey by himself," Detective Ronaldo Oliveira told a press conference.

　　探员罗纳尔多·奥利维拉在一场新闻发布会上说道：“我们注意到帕崔克在酒店里另外还开了一个房间，登记的是他儿子的名字。因此我们就去了那个房间，发现帕崔克一个人躲在那里。”

　　"There wasn’t much in that room, not even any of his clothes. He was in his bathrobe."

　　“那间房里没什么东西，甚至连他的一件衣服也没有。他当时穿着浴袍。”

　　Police said the arrest was related to that of fellow Irishman Kevin James Mallon on the day of the Olympic opening ceremony.

　　据巴西警方表示称，此次对帕崔克的逮捕和在奥运会开幕式那天对其同胞、爱尔兰人凯文·詹姆斯·马伦的逮捕有关。

　　More than 700 tickets organised in envelopes clearly marked for sale were found in a safe with Mr Mallon, Detective Ricardo Barbosa told the BBC.

　　探员里卡多·巴尔萨博对BBC透露说，抓捕马伦时同时发现了一个保险箱，从中搜出700张门票，它们都被装在信封里，明确表明要出售。

　　Irish broadcaster RTE reports that Mr Hickey faces three potential charges: facilitating ticket touting, forming a cartel, and "ambush" or illicit marketing.

　　爱尔兰广播电台RTE报道说，帕崔克面临三个潜在的指控：倒卖奥运门票、联合议价、“伏击”或非法营销。

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　　来源:BBC

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