“Flexibility”, the IOC’s new watchword on the question of the Olympic program, is already being felt. And, surprise, athletics is the first victim. The number of athletes at the Rio Games in 2016 will thus be limited to 2000. There were 2231 in 2012 at the London Olympics. A reduction in numbers which has had the approval of the IAAF.
— Published on November 26, 2013
