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The Athens Olympics has been given until Saturday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to provide concrete assurances that the venues and infrastructure for the 2004 Olympic Games will be in place on time, BBC Five Live has learned. The IOC's final inspection of the city's facilities before the Games, which start on 13 August, has concluded that "grave concerns" still remain as to the progress on several venues, including the Olympic Stadium itself.
Horror
At a news conference on Tuesday, the IOC criticised the Greek organisers for what it perceived as a lack of organisation and urgency, with the Games a little over 12 weeks away. The inspection team outlined it's "horror" as to the current state of the facilities, and expressed severe doubts about the project moving from the construction to operational phase in time for the start of the Games.
f***ing disaster
British Olympic Association chairman Craig Reedie, who is a member of the IOC Co-ordination Commission, which has been monitoring Athens' progress, said that the whole thing is "a f***ing disaster", and went on: "I am absolutely appalled. The Olympic Stadium is a dust-bowl, the Marathon route is little more than a dirt track, and the the Olympic swimming pool is a f***ing hole in the ground. We'd have more joy renovating the bloody Acropolis. These Greeks have f***ed us over. No way will it be ready in three months."
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However, Olympic Construction Project Co-ordinator Georgious Yiannakapouolos, hit back at Reedie's criticism and the concerns of the Olympic Committee. "You f***ing eenglish peegs" he sneered. "You know f***-all about putting on a sporting event of dees scale. f*** off back to your creeckit and your tea-rooms, and leave us beeg hairy men alone to get dees show on da ROAD".
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Yiannakopoulos's assurances have, however, failed to allay real fears that the Games will not be ready on time. Already, provisions are being made to shift the Games to England, where successful businessman and entrepreneur Dick Knight, chairman of Second Division football club Brighton & Hove Albion, has come in with an audacious late offer to host the 2004 Olympic Games at the clubs football ground, Withdean Stadium. "Bring it to Brighton" said Knight. "We have everything here the Olympics will need. The hammer nets behind the goal are clearly World class. Our pitch-side sandpits are more than adequate once the covers are removed. We have a stripey steeple-chase type barrier thing to jump over behind one of the goals, and a big red running track around our pitch. The Olympic Village could easily be accomodated in Kemp Town. What more could the IOC want ?"
IOC Chairman Joseph Schuman was non-commital on the offer from Knight, but confirmed that "other options" were being explored. A decision is expected to be announced at a press conference on Saturday.
The Athens Olympics has been given until Saturday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to provide concrete assurances that the venues and infrastructure for the 2004 Olympic Games will be in place on time, BBC Five Live has learned. The IOC's final inspection of the city's facilities before the Games, which start on 13 August, has concluded that "grave concerns" still remain as to the progress on several venues, including the Olympic Stadium itself.
Horror
At a news conference on Tuesday, the IOC criticised the Greek organisers for what it perceived as a lack of organisation and urgency, with the Games a little over 12 weeks away. The inspection team outlined it's "horror" as to the current state of the facilities, and expressed severe doubts about the project moving from the construction to operational phase in time for the start of the Games.
f***ing disaster
British Olympic Association chairman Craig Reedie, who is a member of the IOC Co-ordination Commission, which has been monitoring Athens' progress, said that the whole thing is "a f***ing disaster", and went on: "I am absolutely appalled. The Olympic Stadium is a dust-bowl, the Marathon route is little more than a dirt track, and the the Olympic swimming pool is a f***ing hole in the ground. We'd have more joy renovating the bloody Acropolis. These Greeks have f***ed us over. No way will it be ready in three months."
Hairy
However, Olympic Construction Project Co-ordinator Georgious Yiannakapouolos, hit back at Reedie's criticism and the concerns of the Olympic Committee. "You f***ing eenglish peegs" he sneered. "You know f***-all about putting on a sporting event of dees scale. f*** off back to your creeckit and your tea-rooms, and leave us beeg hairy men alone to get dees show on da ROAD".
Audacious
Yiannakopoulos's assurances have, however, failed to allay real fears that the Games will not be ready on time. Already, provisions are being made to shift the Games to England, where successful businessman and entrepreneur Dick Knight, chairman of Second Division football club Brighton & Hove Albion, has come in with an audacious late offer to host the 2004 Olympic Games at the clubs football ground, Withdean Stadium. "Bring it to Brighton" said Knight. "We have everything here the Olympics will need. The hammer nets behind the goal are clearly World class. Our pitch-side sandpits are more than adequate once the covers are removed. We have a stripey steeple-chase type barrier thing to jump over behind one of the goals, and a big red running track around our pitch. The Olympic Village could easily be accomodated in Kemp Town. What more could the IOC want ?"
IOC Chairman Joseph Schuman was non-commital on the offer from Knight, but confirmed that "other options" were being explored. A decision is expected to be announced at a press conference on Saturday.
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