Australia Olympic Committee president John Coates said on Friday that Delhi should not have been awarded the Commonwealth Games. This statement has increased the pressure on already-in-pressure Indian organizers struggling to prepare the scandal-hit event.
"But the people who will decide whether we should be there is Steve Moneghetti, the chef de mission, and Perry Crosswhite, the secretary-general of the Australian Commonwealth Games federation." He further said.
"And everything I'm reading from Perry -- who's a double Olympian and his focus is on the athletes -- everything I'm reading from him is that, so far is that where we are in the (athletes') village is fine."
"The problem is the Commonwealth Games Federation is under-resourced. It doesn't have the ability to monitor the progress of cities in the way the Olympic Committee does." Coates was quoted by Australian media as saying in a separate report.
Coates said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had contracts in place with organizers of the London and Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2012 and 2016 to meet established deadlines.
"If that had been the case, then certainly something would have been done a lot sooner because obviously the venues are not ready," he added.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Delhi Should Not Have Got Commonwealth - Australia Olympic Committee President
