Word: ioc
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...defiance of the FIS, with only one other supporter in the advisory body to support his stance. The three remaining members, including Japanese Olympic Committee president Hironoshin Furuhashi, have been "openly critical of the NAOC over the issue." Criticism has also come from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but both the IOC and the FIS decided they would abide by Japan's decision, and the Games remained in Nagano...
...Canadian IOC member Dick Pound told The Crimson yesterday that Angelopoulos-Daskalaki's leadership was central in bringing the games to Athens, which had failed in its bid for the centennial Olympics...
...Angelopoulos-Daskalaki] tackled the problems head on and had an answer for everyone," Pound said. "She got them off their high horse of saying that the IOC owes Greece....She exerted a real discipline over the whole process...
...setting aside nearly $7 billion for public work projects, Greece helped assuage IOC concerns about pollution and traffic...
...IOC rules give Greece six months to decide on the structure and president of its organizing committee...