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

Updated on: 01 November,2010 08:43 AM IST  | 
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Security will be the biggest challenge facing Rio de Janeiro hosting the 2016 Olympics, IOC boss Jacques Rogge said yesterday

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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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