21 February 2016, 14:10 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, media reported about ongoing French prosecutors' investigation into alleged corruption during 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games bidding process.
"We submitted a clean and well-organized bid. We won with a huge advantage over all other candidates at every round and in the end we won by 66 votes against [Madrid's] 32," Nuzman said as quoted by the local Record newspaper.
He added that the Brazilin side was not aware the French investigation.
"This [probe] is not our problem, we had a clean victory," Nuzman pointed out.
Rio de Janeiro will host the Summer Olympic Games on August 5-21, 2016.
