The Athens Olympic Broadcasting Organisation, which will produce Olympic coverage, was established. A contract for the Cultural Olympiad was signed, as was another with the committee for the Paralympic Games . Organisers already have signed deals with national sponsors that cover 80 percent of their target. Much as he has on previous visits, Rogge again cautioned against flirting with deadlines. If the pace is as today, we will have absolutely high-quality games.
Deadlines are realistic.
We have analysed them with experts. That is the most important thing. While Athens already has much of the necessary sports venues in place, some 30 percent remain to be built. IOC inspectors in May received final locations and construction deadlines for all venues, which the IOC expects to be completed between October 2003 and January 2004. We all have, however, to speed up and go even faster.