USA track official says Rio logistics will be a problem (Yahoo Sports)
At about the same time newly minted members of the U.S. Olympic track team get their uniforms, they’ll be led to a TV monitor featuring a map of Rio de Janeiro with three dots: the athletes’ village, the track team’s training center and Olympic Stadium. ”It’s getting coaches and athletes to understand that it’s not going to be easy, like London, where everything is easy and right there,” said Robert Chapman, USATF’s associate director for sport science and medicine. Siegel said USATF is working with the U.S. Olympic Committee on contingency plans in case traffic does end up as snarled as some predict.