Delhi misjudged size of Commonwealth task – Athens official 27/09/2010 |
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Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers misjudged the size of the task of hosting a major multi-sport event.
That is the view of Lambis Nikolao, head of the Greek Olympic Committee at the time of the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
He told Reuters: "It seems they took over the Commonwealth Games without having the conditions to do them.
"Major international sporting events are huge in size. If you are not careful, they can turn into complete madness.
"You have to be strict and stick to what you have signed in the contracts. Nothing more but also nothing less."
Like Delhi, Athens faced a race against time to complete venues. Organisers managed to finish the work, however, and the Games went ahead without any major problems.
"I do not think it will be the same in New Delhi," added Nikolao, an International Olympic Committee member and a former vice-president.
"In Athens, there was a lot of infrastructure work that was not visible but that had been done long before the Games started and everyone just put in a fantastic finish.
"But the important groundwork was there."
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