 Gianna Angelopoulos, head of the Athens 2004 Olympic Organising Committee (ATHOC) vowed here on Tuesday that the Games would be a huge success, despite the pressure to be ready in time.
"We will have a unique human Games, a unique Greek Games. Athens can do it. It is the ideal stage," said Angelopoulos after giving an update to the IOC executive board.
"It is clear that significant progress has been made in all areas," she added. But Angelopoulos admitted that time remained critical.
"We have to strengthen our efforts even more. We do not have a single day to waste," she said. Denis Oswald, head of the IOC's co-ordination commission for the Games said he was much more positive than he was only three months ago. However, he warned that his commission would continue to put pressure on ATHOC.
"We cannot lose any days. It is a race against the clock. Therefore we feel it necessary to keep on the pressure. But in the past few weeks Athens had reached a cruising speed which is satisfactory and if there are no major problems everything will be ready for the Games," said Oswald.
Earlier the executive board approved four ATHOC programmes - the Athens Games budget which is balanced at 1.96 billion euros, ticketing, the daily competition schedule is almost identical to that in Sydney, and the torch relay programme.
Athens plan to have the touch carried to all five continents and most of the cities that have previously hosted the Games.
The mascot for the 2004 Games is to go on display next January but it must first be approved by IOC president Jacques Rogge and Oswald. (Agencies) | 雅典2004年奧運(yùn)會(huì)組委會(huì)主席詹納·安耶洛普洛斯近日表示盡管2004年雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)籌備工作中壓力重重，但是雅典一定會(huì)取得巨大成功。 在向國(guó)際奧委會(huì)執(zhí)行委員會(huì)做了雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)籌備工作的最新動(dòng)態(tài)報(bào)告后，安耶洛普洛斯說(shuō)："我們要將這屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)舉辦成一次獨(dú)一無(wú)二的人類體育盛會(huì)，一次獨(dú)一無(wú)二的希臘體育盛會(huì)。雅典能夠做到。這是我們的奮斗目標(biāo)。" 她又補(bǔ)充說(shuō)："目前各方面工作都進(jìn)展地十分順利。"但是安耶洛普洛斯承認(rèn)籌備時(shí)間相當(dāng)緊迫。 她說(shuō)："我們還需要加倍努力，我們要充分利用每一天的時(shí)間。" 國(guó)際奧委會(huì)協(xié)調(diào)委員會(huì)主席澤尼斯·奧斯瓦爾德說(shuō)，近三個(gè)月來(lái)雅典籌備工作的進(jìn)展讓他對(duì)這屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)信心大增。 奧斯瓦爾德同時(shí)還"警告"說(shuō)，協(xié)調(diào)委員會(huì)還將繼續(xù)"敦促"雅典奧委會(huì)做好各方面工作。 奧斯瓦爾德說(shuō)："我們一點(diǎn)時(shí)間都不能浪費(fèi)，我們這是在和時(shí)間賽跑，所以壓力是必不可少的。但是在過(guò)去的幾周時(shí)間中，雅典的工作進(jìn)展速度十分令人滿意，如果沒(méi)有其他的大問(wèn)題出現(xiàn)，2004年雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)很快就可以一切準(zhǔn)備就緒了。" 早些時(shí)候國(guó)際奧委會(huì)協(xié)調(diào)委員會(huì)通過(guò)了雅典奧委會(huì)提交的四項(xiàng)提案：雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)財(cái)政預(yù)算（19.6億歐元的收支平衡）；有關(guān)門(mén)票收入的計(jì)劃；每日的賽程安排幾乎同悉尼奧運(yùn)會(huì)相同；以及火炬接力方案。 雅典奧委會(huì)計(jì)劃讓奧運(yùn)圣火傳遍五大洲，傳遍大部分已經(jīng)舉辦過(guò)奧運(yùn)會(huì)的城市。 2004年雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)的吉祥物將于明年1月與大家見(jiàn)面，但是這個(gè)吉祥物首先要得到國(guó)際奧委會(huì)主席雅克·羅格以及奧斯瓦爾德的認(rèn)可。 (中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯) |
Updated: 2001-12-16 01:00
