IOC Member Richard Peterkin: Rio Games met with "Perfect Storm of bad news"

The build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been far from ideal with worries about the Zika virus, financial issues for the Brazilian capital, and the doping scandal which has dominated headlines heading into the latest showpiece event.

While all Games seem to have slight issues in the build-up, which often end up fading away, the 2016 Games seem to be encountering more issues with every passing week.

IOC member Richard Peterkin explains how the Games have been faced with more external issues than he has ever seen before.

He said: “I have only been to four games with the IOC, out of those four this has been the most disruptive.”

“The only one that was problematic was Athens; and that was more about the issue of having the facilities ready on time.”

“I feel sorry for Rio as a lot of the issues have not been of their causing but they have been met with the perfect storm of bad news. The only positive thing is that the Games will go on. It may have a cloud over certain areas, and we may not have the best athletes, but the Games will go on with clean athletes.”