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10 May ’14 - 9:19 am
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maybe not

IOC chiefs 'make secret plea' to use London 2012 venues as Rio 2016 Olympic Games fall behind schedule

So worried are Olympic organisers by how far behind schedule the 2016 Rio Games has fallen, London has reportedly been asked, in secret, if it could host the event at the last minute.

According to the London Evening Standard, an informal approach has been made by IOC chiefs to ascertain whether London's 2012 Olympic venues could be brought back into use.
The build-up to the Rio Games has been labelled a shambles, with every venue badly behind schedule, spiralling costs and accusations of negligence.
IOC vice-president John Coates has already called Brazil's preparations "the worst I've experienced", with just two years to go and a football World Cup to host in between.
An "unprecedented" special task force has been set up to try and speed up preparations but the situation on the ground is said to be "critical".

http://www.telegraph.....edule.html

Didn't one of the venues they were building just recently collapse? I was surprised when they chose Rio

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i was surprised they chose Rio, also.  hosting a big event like that is all about infrastructure, making the people who attend and spend money comfortable.  you need roads, public transportation, hotels, restaraunts, hospitals-as well as the venues.  i wonder if brazil has the skilled labor to build all of that.  

it makes me wonder if the brazillian government was hoping to bring brazil out of the third world, or if they just wanted to host a big party and line their pockets.  either way, it's going to end up a huge embarassment to brazil and the ioc.  

i feel bad knocking the brazillians, but i'm betting the only way rio was chosen are some huge bribes and lots of promises.

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