Gambia's IOC Member, Others in Penultimate Rio 2016 Visit

Gambia's International Olympic Committee member, Beatrice Allen, has joined her colleagues in the Rio 2016 Olympics Coordination Committee to inspect facilities ahead of next summer's Games in Brazil.

Allen, sub-Saharan Africa's first female IOC member, will remain in Brazil for the three-day penultimate inspection from 10 to 12 August, 2015, amid growing concerns that the City is behind schedule for the completion of works for the XXXI Olympiad.

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