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    Rio 2016 so far behind schedule IOC ‘make secret plea’ to reuse London

    rokurBy rokurMay 9, 2014Updated:May 9, 2014No Comments1 Min Read
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    Read The Telegraph. And jeez.

    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. […]

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    A source told the Standard: “At a comparable planning stage in 2004 Athens had done 40 per cent of preparations on infrastructure, stadiums and so on. London had done 60 per cent. Brazil has done 10 per cent – and they have just two years left. So the IOC is thinking, ‘What’s our plan B?’ […]

    However, ‘London 2016′ would be a “worst-case scenario” because many of the 2012 sites have already been converted into public use. The cost of upgrading them to competition-standard again would cost millions, not to mention that the athletes’ village is now populated by private residents.

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