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HENDERSON: CHANCES ARE TORONTO'S CHANCES ARE AWFULLY GOOD

          Canada IOC exec Paul Henderson "figures that the odds
     are getting better" for Toronto to host the '08 Summer
     Olympics, according to Steve Buffery of the TORONTO SUN. 
     Henderson: "I think Toronto's chances of winning (initially)
     was about 5%.  Now I think (it has) about a 25% chance." 
     Henderson said that he feels the IOC wants a "hassle-free
     Games" in '08, following the difficulties Athens is having
     in preparation for the '04 event.  Henderson: "Don't forget
     IOC members have to spend one month in a hotel wherever the
     Olympics are and that's a long time. ... If I was still
     advising Toronto, I'd convince everybody (in the IOC) that
     we're Sydney North.  That if they came to Toronto, they'd
     love it again.  Tell them, 'If you want a reincarnation of
     Sydney, Toronto can do it'" (TORONTO SUN, 12/21).  Also in
     Toronto, Jim Byers cites Henderson as saying that it is
     still "too early to tell" who is leading the competition to
     host the '08 Games.  Henderson: "Every time I turn around I
     hear a new theory.  Technically, Toronto and Osaka are best. 
     But politically, Beijing and Paris are strongest" (TORONTO
     STAR, 12/21).  Istanbul is the fifth contender (THE DAILY).
          STAY THE COURSE: IOC VP Anita DeFrantz "believes the
     '04 Games will come off just fine."  DeFrantz: "I accept the
     reports I'm given.  I haven't been over there in a year. 
     The [IOC] coordination committee believes they will get the
     job done....The same thing happened with Barcelona [in '92]. 
     A lot of people said they wouldn't finish on time and
     Barcelona had a wonderful Games" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/21).

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