Head of 2018 Winter Games scotches claims of delays


By AndrewDownie

The advertising hoarding promoting the 2018 Winter Olympics stands in the mountain cluster of PyeongChang February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 27 - All venues for the 2018 Winter Olympics are on schedule and no events will be held outside host city Pyeongchang and nearby Gangneung, said the head of the Games as he refuted suggestions of delays.

"We are ready for test events and venues are on schedule," Cho Yang-ho told reporters on Friday after assuring the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that preparations in South Korea were on time "like airlines".

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