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Rio Officials Scrambling As Many Olympic Venues Lag Behind Construction Schedule

Brazilian officials are "racing to prepare" for the '16 Rio Games and are "hoping to avoid the embarrassment suffered this month by their counterparts in Sochi, Russia, as a number of projects are behind schedule," according to Kiernan & Futterman of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. The 15 projects comprising Rio's Deodoro Sports Complex -- where "events including canoe slalom, fencing, pentathlon and shooting will be held -- have yet to be fully defined." Also, only "four of the total 52 construction projects outlined last month by the Public Olympic Authority are complete." IOC Coordination Commission Chair Jean-Claude Killy this week said that the planners for the '16 Games "don't have a 'tenth of a second' to waste." Kiernan & Futterman report that unlike many of the projects for this summer's FIFA World Cup, which were "supposed to be finished by the end of last year," the deadline for many Olympics venues is "set for much closer to the Games." The Olympics aquatics center, athletes' village and media hotel -- as well as "a Metro line helping to link the main Olympic Park to downtown Rio -- aren't expected to be finished until early 2016." The "primary focus" for ROCOG currently is the Deodoro, which is located in Rio's northern outskirts. That complex "fell behind schedule since Rio was awarded the Games in 2009 because all three levels of government -- federal, state and city -- have had some responsibility for it." However, a ROCOG spokesperson said that IOC President Thomas Bach "visited the city last month and expressed confidence in the project" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/19).

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