Deepak Jain Wed, Jan 13 10 04:28 PM
Moroccan Nawal El Moutawakel has been chosen to lead an International Olympic Committee team monitoring preparations for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, the IOC said on Wednesday.
The former Olympic champion will head a 17-member panel that also includes Ukrainian Sergey Bubka, Australian John Coates and Richard Carrion from Puerto Rico.
Rio was a surprise winner over Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid for the right to host the 2016 Games at IOC elections last October.
"Having chaired the evaluation committee for the 2016 Games, I have first-hand knowledge of the many strengths that Rio and Brazil have to offer, and together we will strive to showcase that to the world in six years' time," El Moutawakel said in a statement.
El Moutawakel won the women's 400m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and is a former Moroccan Youth and Sports minister, making her the perfect choice for the job, IOC president Jacques Rogge said.
"As an Olympic gold medallist and chair of the IOC Evaluation Committee for the last two Olympiads, she knows the Games inside and out is well-acquainted with the Rio organisers," Rogge said.
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