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2018 Winter Games: IOC inspect sites for Pyeongchang

SOUTH KOREAN organisers have taken a “solid step forward” in preparations for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang but must speed up work to be ready for test events next year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday after its latest inspection visit.

IOC co-ordinating chief Gunilla Lindberg said construction was going well but organisers must draw up needed plans and budgets more quickly.

She said that international experts will arrive in Pyeongchang in the next few months to help the inexperienced hosts arrange the test events and sort out administrative details.

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