Olympic Games Vancouver 2010 – Sochi 2014

Let the Bailout Games Begin

When the history of the Vancouver Games is written, the last week of March 2009 will be key. London 2012 CEO Sebastian Coe and Sochi 2014 CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko both traveled halfway around the world to Denver for the SportAccord convention where the IOC executive board was holding its only North American meeting of 2009. VANOC CEO John Furlong didn’t make the short trip to the Mile High City — instead opting to update the IOC via teleconference on March 26.

That’s also the date that chief financial officer John McLaughlin sent a letter to Philip Steenkamp, head of the B.C. Winter Games Secretariat, seeking more money for ceremonies and torch relay. The amount was redacted, for fear of compromising business interests.

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