Single rooms in short supply at London Games 23/10/2008 |
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Sebastian Coe faces difficult questions from the International Olympic Committee over how an ever-increasing number of competitors at London 2012 will have to share their rooms.
Plans set out in London's candidate file - the "bid book" that IOC members voted on in awarding London the Games - made clear that 1,600 of the 16,000 athletes expected to compete could have their own bedrooms. The rest were to be housed in twin-bed rooms.
But the collapse in house prices has caused London 2012's builders, the publicly funded Olympic Delivery Authority, to focus on reducing taxpayer risk after the event. The pledge for 10% to be housed in the luxury of single rooms will not now be met.
London's mayor, Boris Johnson, even made a virtue of the changes. "Every competitor will have a place in the Olympic Village and sharing apartments is an expected and valuable part of the experience for those staying there during the Games," he said.
A source close to the project said yesterday that, although no definitive decision had been taken, it was "unlikely" that anyone would have a single room. However, a spokeswoman for London 2012 said some athletes will "definitely" have single rooms but she could not provide an exact percentage as "we are still looking at the configurations".
(Source: Guardian.co.uk)
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