My personal advice: lifetime no. It should allow for the rehabilitation of an athlete. This is a common principle of due justice.
The final stretch is always the most difficult. We knew here and there that there are still issues to be solved. By the time of the Opening Ceremony (Friday), I expect everything to be solved.
I'm an extremely happy president of the IOC. We always expressed our confidence in our Greek friends. I've always said I believed there was enough time to finish the preparations in due time. Many did not believe me.
I paid him three visits. Each time I came with a problem and each time he found me an answer not later than a couple of days.
We indeed had suspicions of fraud, but we never had any proof. We carried out inquiries several times, but each time we ran into a wall of silence.