Rio 2016 Olympics 'could move to London'

[theHandpuppet]

The Belfast Telegraph
Rio 2016 Olympics 'could move to London'
By Tomas Jivanda – 10 May 2014

Olympic officials have secretly asked if London would be in a position to take over hosting the 2016 games from Rio de Janeiro amid major concerns with the city’s preparations.

The informal enquiry looked to determine if enough of the venues used in the 2012 games could be brought back into use for the next Olympics in two years time.

The revelation comes as an International Olympic Committee vice president last month branded Brazil’s planning “the worst I have experienced”.

John Coates, who has closely monitored progress from Rio, told a press conference in Sydney that the city is “in many, many ways” further behind Athens was two years before the 2004 games - the current benchmark for last minute completions.... MORE at http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-olympics-could-move-to-london-30262468.html

[joeybee12]

1. I can't imagine this would ever happen...

The PR nightmare alone would get the IOC to start spreading some of their bribe money around to speed things up.

[thelordofhell]

2. As long as they bring this brilliant woman back......I'm all for it