WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) still planned to send a team to the Delhi Commonwealth Games but warned organisers on Friday "the clock was ticking" for them to get their house in order.
The NZOC board had been discussing whether to send the team after its president Mike Stanley and secretary general Barry Maister returned from a whistle-stop visit to Delhi to inspect facilities following scathing criticism of athletes' accommodation by team chef de mission Dave Currie.
The NZOC had already delayed the arrival of athletes into the village until September 28 in the hope issues ranging from leaky plumbing to Internet access would be rectifed. The first athletes and team officials were supposed to arrive on Saturday.
"The situation we found was inexcusable and unacceptable," Stanley told a televised news conference on Friday. "There is no doubt about that.
"By delaying the athletes' arrival what we have done is give the organisers time to get their house in order. We fully expect that will be the case.
"Planning for the team to go to Delhi will continue and we will monitor the situation ahead of the athletes' arrival next week.
"It is now up to the Games organisers to provide satisfaction to the implementation of the Games plans and we will continue our assessment (of that)."
Stanley said that some areas of the village were of high quality but some of the residential towers had caused problems.
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The NZOC board had been discussing whether to send the team after its president Mike Stanley and secretary general Barry Maister returned from a whistle-stop visit to Delhi to inspect facilities following scathing criticism of athletes' accommodation by team chef de mission Dave Currie.
The NZOC had already delayed the arrival of athletes into the village until September 28 in the hope issues ranging from leaky plumbing to Internet access would be rectifed. The first athletes and team officials were supposed to arrive on Saturday.
"The situation we found was inexcusable and unacceptable," Stanley told a televised news conference on Friday. "There is no doubt about that.
"By delaying the athletes' arrival what we have done is give the organisers time to get their house in order. We fully expect that will be the case.
"Planning for the team to go to Delhi will continue and we will monitor the situation ahead of the athletes' arrival next week.
"It is now up to the Games organisers to provide satisfaction to the implementation of the Games plans and we will continue our assessment (of that)."
Stanley said that some areas of the village were of high quality but some of the residential towers had caused problems.
� Continued...
The relations between First Quantum and the Democratic Republic of Congo have gone from bad to worse in recent months, after the country expropriated the miner’s $765 million Kolwezi copper tailings project in September. � Blog�
When some of the most influential figures in emerging markets finance spoke to a group of Reuters editors, they were asked about top picks for growth beyond the so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China.� Blog�
The giggles started when the seventh journalist in a row said that his question was for Egypt’s water and irrigation minister, Mohamed Nasreddin Allam.� Blog�
It has debt levels to die for and huge amounts of oil, but economically it’s lagging and political concerns remain. Speakers at a Libyan trade and investment forum this week saw the North African country as a mixed bag.� Blog�
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