RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Local organizers worked Sunday to assure IOC inspectors that Rio's 2016 Olympics, plagued by delays and concerns about hotel space and transportation, are on course after a slow start.
The IOC coordination commission, led by former hurdles champion Nawal El Moutawakel, will wrap up its tour on Monday. It's the inspectors' fifth trip to Rio to check progress.
Several coordination commission members have been outspoken about forcing Rio organizers to speed up games preparations. During the last visit six months ago, IOC executive director Gilbert Felli said: "We don't have any yellow card to send to Rio."
A warning this time would be major embarrassment to local organizers and recall the 2004 Olympics in Athens when then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch issued a "yellow card" reprimand to Greek organizers.