Lausanne

By Lee Wellings in Europe on February 9th, 2012
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The temperature outside the IOC headquarters in Lausanne is minus 12, but Olympic president Jacques Rogge is warming up as he talks about the challenges ahead, the London games approaching, and even taking on the mafia.

The 69-year-old Belgian has been in charge for almost a decade, managing to avoid the drama and controversy that has plagued the world's other major sports association - FIFA.

Intelligent and careful, his words are measured. but a flash of intensity surfaces when he maintains security remains the IOC's number one priority.

And then we move on to the dual threat from drugs and corruption.

Is corruption, in the form of illegal betting, REALLY a bigger threat than drugs?