Security is the biggest threat in Rio says IOC boss Jacques Rogge

01 November,2010 08:43 AM IST |   |  AFP

Security will be the biggest challenge facing Rio de Janeiro hosting the 2016 Olympics, IOC boss Jacques Rogge said yesterday


Security will be the biggest challenge facing Rio de Janeiro hosting the 2016 Olympics, IOC boss Jacques Rogge said yesterday.

"The No 1 challenge, since Munich 1972 (when 11 Israelis were killed after being taken hostage by terrorists), is security," Rogge said.

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