Rio Olympic official confident about golf plans

Published September 24, 2014 5:10am ET



RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A top Olympic official is confident a lawsuit against the city of Rio de Janeiro and a golf course developer will not prevent a test event from taking place before the 2016 games.

“Our understanding today is that we will be ready for the first test event which will be needed to be done for the golf.” Gilbert Felli, an IOC-appointed adviser to the Rio organizing committee, told The Associated Press late Tuesday at a meeting of the Brazilian Olympic Committee.

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