NEWSLINK: Olympic Official: We Realized Hotel Problems ‘Too Late’; First Public Explanation for Rocky Launch of 2014 Games; ‘Red Alert’ Sounded

[“Sochi Olympics Official: We Realized Hotel Problems ‘Too Late’; First Public Explanation for Rocky Launch of 2014 Games; ‘Red Alert’ Sounded” – Wall Street Journal – Matthew Futterman, Gregory L. White  -February 17, 2014 – online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579388882111244174]

The Wall Street Journal covers the various glitches and delays in the preparations for the Sochi Olympics:

The International Olympic Committee’s chief coordinator for the Sochi Games said Monday the organization sounded a “red alert” in September because delays in hotel construction were posing a serious threat to the event.

In an interview, Jean-Claude Killy, the IOC’s chief supervisor of the 2014 Olympics, offered the first public explanation for the rocky launch of these Games. Early arrivals here encountered unfinished hotels, unopened shops and myriad problems.

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