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OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Late buses

Tuesday 28 July 1992 23:02 BST
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FOR some, just getting there has proved as hard as winning a medal. No fewer than 15 teams complained that the buses taking them to events on the first two days either got lost on the way or were simply late. 'It is complete chaos,' the German delegation leader, Ulrich Feldhoff said. The Games organisers, who have drafted in 200 taxi drivers and policemen to guide the bus drivers, responded rather huffily. 'Twenty cases is a very low percentage statistically speaking,' a spokesman said. So that's all right then.

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