RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A top official of the 2016 Olympics says he is confident a lawsuit against the city of Rio and a golf course developer will not stop a test event from taking place before the games.
Gilbert Felli, an IOC-appointed adviser in Rio, tells The Associated Press that “our understanding is that we will be ready for the first test event.”
World golf officials have acknowledged the schedule will be tight to hold a test event late in 2015 or early in 2016.
In a hearing last week, judge Eduardo Klausner asked the defendants — the city and the developer — and the public prosecutor to find a way protect a nature reserve in which the course is being built. Construction could be stopped if a compromise isn’t reached.
