The Associated Press reports the U.S. and International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials made “good progress” Friday in their latest round of talks on the revenue-sharing dispute, according to an IOC negotiator.
Both sides met for about five hours to resolve the issue that has divided the USOC and the IOC for several years.
Gerhard Heiberg, one of three IOC negotiators, told The Associated Press “we had very good talks. We have good progress. We are optimistic and little by little we continue to move in the right direction”.
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun added, “we had very good meetings today with a very good tone of discussion with the IOC. We look forward to future discussion”.
Heiberg said, “little by little we will get the breakthrough. We feel … that yes, we’re going to make it. I think we’re getting closer”.
There is no date set for the next round of talks.
