Papandrea said the governing body's offices in
Budapest, Ajan's home city, were already being moved to
Lausanne, where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is
based and the IWF is legally registered.
"The Executive Board has been clear the leadership should be
permanent in Lausanne as this will truly be our headquarters,"
Papandrea told Inside the Games.
Hungarian Ajan, who had been at the IWF since 1976 serving 24
years as general secretary and 20 as president, is facing an
investigation into alleged corruption.
The 81-year-old has repeatedly denied allegations made in a
German TV documentary, Lord of the Lifters, broadcast by ARD on
Jan. 5.
The IWF board elected former international lifter Papandrea as
acting president in January before extending her tenure until
mid-June.
The American is the first woman to lead the IWF, which has
existed under different names since 1920 and has had only two
presidents since 1972 -- Ajan and Austrian Gottfried Schoedl.
Papandrea will work with USA Weightlifting Chief Executive Phil
Andrews, who was given temporary charge as the IWF deputy
director general.
Inside the Games reported that Papandrea will lead the sport's
governing body until its next electoral congress.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by David
Evans)
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