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 GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) - Tens of millions of dollars pouring into Olympic bid campaigns. PR companies, lobbyists and spin doctors working frantically. Rumors of dirty tricks swirling behind the scenes.
Intrigue was rampant Monday in the final 48 hours before the vote on the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics, leading some senior International Olympic Committee officials to say the bidding process has gotten out of control and needs to be curbed.
"I feel if this continues, the smaller countries will have no chance in the future for getting the Winter Olympic Games," IOC Executive Board member Gerhard Heiberg told The Associated Press. "We have to do something. This time we have to accept it, but we need some new rules."
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