IOC accusation

SYDNEY, FEB 17: A top International Olympic Committee official accused Sydney organisers of undermining their own corporate sponsors and misleading the public by describing the marketing programmes for the 2000 Games as a failure. 8220;Is there anything about the word success8217; you don8217;t understand?8221; IOC vice president Dick Pound said in an unusually blunt public criticism of an Olympic Organising Committee.

Pound blasted Sydney organisers for their 8220;dysfunctional relationship8221; with local sponsors and described the committee8217;s frequently raised revenue targets as 8220;nuts8221;.