Former IAAF president Lamine Diack has resigned his position as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee, amid allegations of corruption.
Diack, 82, is under investigation by French prosecutors, who suspect him of receiving money to defer charges against Russian doping cheats in track and field.
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He was provisionally suspended Tuesday by the IOC and subsequently tendered his resignation as president of the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), the charitable arm of the world track and field's governing body, before stepping away from the IOC. Diack, 82, is from Senegal.
"We can confirm that Mr Lamine Diack has resigned from his position as an honorary member of the IOC," the governing body confirmed when contacted by Omnisport.
It was reported by the Sunday Times that Diack was paid $1.07 million and the IAAF's former head of anti-doping Dr. Gabriel Dolle almost $215,000 to cover up failed doping tests from Russian athletes.
Track and field has been engulfed in controversy, with an independent commission established by the World Anti-Doping Agency calling Monday for the IAAF to suspend the All-Russia Athletic Federation.
The commission, which was led by former WADA chief Dick Pound, also raised concern within the IAAF.
The report transmitted evidence of "corruption and bribery practices at the highest levels of international athletics" to Interpol for investigation.