An amazing free fall and an even more spectacular save. And water baby. Nothing can get between this woman and her waives. Not even a baby bump. She surfed throughout her entire pregnancy. But how . [[dad] [laughs] [boy] mom [mom] yes . [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom] youve got two left feet,boo. A. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. With the Winter Olympics fast approa approaching, there is a substantial potential for a terrorist attack at the sochi games. So how did a russian beach side resort become the site for the games in the first place . Tonight a whistleblower with a price on his head makes startling allegation about shady deals to abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross in our exclusive olympic gold olympic greed. Reporter this years Winter Olympics could have been held in the austrian alps with its storied villages. Or in this popular ski resort, a snowboarders paradise. Instead, the International Olympic committee chose a subtropical russian city on the black sea, famed for its summer beaches, but one of the few places in russia that rarely gets snow. And thats the least of this citys problems. While sochi is known for its palm tree ins stoefd snow, theres a blizzard of allegations of unsavory ties to organized crime figures, official corruption and islamic terrorists who have threatened to attack here. All of which raises the question why the International Olympic committee chose sochi in the first place. Has olympic greed become more important than olympic gold . To find out, we met some of the few russian journalists brave enough to ask those questions. Including sergei kanov who always has a hidden camera in his bag in case he is attacked again, as he has been twice before. One put a slip knot over my net and tried to strangle me. And a russian businessman who went into hiding after allegations of corruption that led to threats on his life. You will be drowned in blood. Reporter and we heard from the mayor of sochi who tried to laugh off our questions about corruption and mafia tie with an aide offcamera telling him not to answer. What are you talking about . Never. Sochi could never be a mafia city because this is a city where people come to relax. Reporter the decision by the International Olympic committee to choose sochi was made seven years ago. Theres no doubt that the personal appearance by russian president Vladimir Putin was a big factor. He spoke in english, something he almost never does in public. Sochis olympic bid has already brought its benefits. Reporter but thats not the whole story of why putin and the russians won the day. Awarded to the city of sochi. Reporter an abc news investigation found that behind the scenes, this mystery man was directly involved in helping russia get the needed olympic votes. He says hes just a businessman, a Vice President of whats known as the Olympic Council of asia. He has been publicly thanked by the russian Olympic Committee for his single minded work in delivering the votes of some Asian Countries for sochi, without which it would have been hard for sochi to count on the victory. But we discovered he is much more than just another businessman with friends on the Olympic Committee. He is one of the four or five most important people in the heroin trade in the world. Hes absolutely a major and very dangerous gangster. Reporter craig murray, the former British Ambassador to uzbekistan says he has a track record of payoffs to government officials to make sure his drugs move across asia and russia into europe without interference. A lot of it ends up in the united kingdom. A lot is used for the european market. A lot is used in the russian market. St. Petersburg itself has a heroin problem. The u. S. Described him as a key member of a huge russian asian syndicate with drugs in the countries of central asia that travel all the way to europe. Yet thats the very person the russians admit they used to help them get the votes for Winter Olympics in sochi. Translator if were talking about these links between the criminals and the kremlin, you dont have to go far. Reporter this russian Investigative Reporter showed us photos with rahimov with the mafia boss of sochi before he was killed last yeern was told he would not help russia unless there was something in it for him and his closeknit criminal network, which is known in russia as the thieves in law. Translator there was obviously some sort of agreement between the kremlin and the thiefs in law. And he showed us this photo of rahimov a at a russian olympic children events. His ties to heroin trafficking apparently not a problem. Translator at that time, he was known as a drug trafficker and there was a warrant for his arre arrest in uzbekistan. Reporter rahimov confirmed to abc news his role in helping russia get the olympics. Quote, he talked to them, the translator said. He convinced them because of his good relations with these people. He has great influence. He added it was not necessary to pay any money or bribes. The Olympic Committee should be embarrassed by this, but lets face it, this is one of its a terrible scandal. But its one of a large number of scandals that have dogged sbefr National Sports for many years. And it seems impossible to embarrass these people into behaving well. Reporter a cloud of crime and corruption has lingered over the sochi olympics ever since. As russia went on an estimated 50 billion to 60 billion spending spree for winter games with dozens of facilities and buildings springing up all across the area as seen in these time lapse promotional videos. Critics say huge amounts of that money ended up in the Bank Accounts of well connected russians. Everyone knows this is the most criminal case in the history of russia. A former Russian DeputyPrime Minister and putin political rival has produced what he says is documented evidence of ram pid criminality in the most expensive olympics ever. They stole 30 billion all together. They stole 30 billion . Yeah. Its about half of the cost. He points to the olympic stadium, three times the cost of any previous stadium anywhere in the world. The 9 billion highway and railroad that had to be used to link the resort cities to where the snow is, 30 miles away. By most accounts, this may be the worlds most expensive highway per mile. About 300 million a mile. Its the corruption, not the concrete, that makes it so very expensive. For example, American Program to fly to mars is three times cheaper. Did you know that . This is 3 billion. Reporter and then theres the olympic ski jump, two years behind schedule and more than six times over budget. This remarkable video shows president putins reaction as aides try to dodge around the question of who is responsible. It was a top russian olympic official. Who was that . Translator whats he doing now . Translator hes managing resorts in the northern caucuses. Reporter putin is not satisfied. Reporter what else . Reporter i dont know what else he has been doing. Reporter now he asks the other aide. Translator hes the Vice President of the Olympic Committee. So the Vice President of the national Olympic Committee is taking care of such a large construction. Reporter putins steely reaction says it all. The olympic Vice President has now fled the country, accused of embezzling several million dollars, a charge he denies. Despite all that, in an interview with george stephanopolous, president putin said no one had presented any evidence of a serious corruption problem. We have not seen any big large scale instances of corruption in connection with the implementation of the sochi olympics project. And we heard the same thing from the mayor of sochi who gave us a 45minute walking tour of all the improvements he says the city is making. Telling us reports of corruption are just journalists fantasies. So you dont think this is going to be a corrupt olympics . Translator i can say with certainty there were no corruption schemes during the construction of the olympic facilities. Reporter but the evidence of corruption and criminality is overwhelming right up to the president in moscow, to the officials who control Construction Contracts in sochi 37. Morisov now in exile in britain after going public with his allegations said he did business with tough officials in the president s office. You have to pay, there is no way out. He says he used pieces of luggage like this to deliver tens of millions of ruble, what he called a corruption tax, to a key official. Stuffed with rubles . Stuffed with rubles. And ive given this a few times. Reporter who got all that money . You know that this is not my money. This is not money for me. I am to bring it upstairs. Reporter he said a prosecutors report concluded the official personally seched the bribe in the form of a large sum of money but no charges were brought. And now morisov says he is a marked man, even living in an undisclosed location far away from russia in england. T fearing the threats against him will be carried out once the olympics are over. What were the threats against you . You will be drowned in blood. You will wash with blood. Those are the reporter youll be drowned in blood. The International OlympicCommittee Says all the allegations in our report should be handled by the host government, president putins russia. And as putin told abc news, the russians have already determined there is no serious corruption problem surrounding the olympics. See no evil, hear no evil. Cynthia . Our thanks to you, brian, for that stunning report. 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One of his fellow divers legs hits lee in the back of the head knocking him out. The camera goes wobbly as lee tumbles unconscious from 12,500 feet, hurdling at an approximate speed of 120 miles an hour towards certain death. Look at what happens next, though. About 30 seconds into the dive, his friends notice theres something wrong with him. They approach giving him hand signals to check if hes okay. Seeing that hes not, they attempt to reorient his body to the correct position so they can deploy his chute. But they only have maybe 60 to 90 seconds to do so before its too late. At the 58second america, bingo, it works. You can hear the hiss of the air relent as lees descent lows down. Its pretty incredible when someone is unconscious and tumbling, its virtually impossible to catch them. Reporter this is not the first sky diving mishap to make news of late. This week, a 16yearold making a hard landing in oklahoma after her chute failed. Just had a firsttime jumper get hurt out here. Is she okay . No, shes not. Shes on the ground moaning. Reporter her father saying its a miracle she survived. She jumped out of a plane but she fell in gods hands. In 2005, a pregnant woman crashing down after her chute malfunctioned. She also survived. And then there was the case of laverne everett. I just turned 80. Happy birthday. Sky diving. Her safety harness came loose. She dangles, holding on to her instructor for dear life. She said its a blessing her shirt blew up, blocking her view. I just had a peek hole of light to shine through. I didnt get to see anything. Back now to james lee as he drifts towards earth in the english country side he regains consciousness with no memory of the incident. When he lands, you can hear him exhale. He goes to the hospital, is treated and released and tonight is vowing that this incident, which happened in july, but is only coming to light now, will not stop him from diving again. For nightline, this is dan harris in new york. 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