As the IOC pulled down whatever content it could due to copyright infringement, from fans and media alike, it seemed like a case of world sports versus the internet, the former denying the latter new ways of enjoying and digesting athletes' brilliance.
The IOC also turned down Kelmendi's request to compete as an independent athlete and she will now represent Albania at London 2012.
Switzerland is the home of sporting governing bodies, and after Blatter had spoken it was the turn of Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC, based down the road in Lausanne.
After the IOC faced down its own existential crisis in 1998 when the Salt Lake City scandal lifted the lid on the scale of bribery and gift-giving in its electoral circles going back decades, commentary on the travails of Fifa and the International Association of Athletic Federations has often suggested each was enduring its own "Salt Lake City moment".
They are rewarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), following guidelines set down in the Olympic charter.
An IOC statement said: "The IOC's executive board decided this afternoon to confirm the proposal of the IOC ethics commission to provisionally suspend Mr. Lamine Diack, the former president of IAAF, from his honorary membership of the IOC".
An EBU spokeswoman said its bid for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Olympics, which has yet to be awarded to a host city, had been turned down by the IOC because the EBU had not offered enough money.
IOC president Jacques Rogge will step down on Tuesday after 12 years at the helm and a secret ballot will take place on the same day to decide from six candidates to replace the 71-year-old Belgian.
Belgian Rogge, who steps down from the IOC presidency in September after 12 years in charge, said the Olympic charter was very clear.
IOC president Jacques Rogge, who will stand down on Tuesday after 12 years, congratulated Tokyo on its "excellent bid" and "comprehensive" victory.
