NAGOYA: Accommodation for Asian Games athletes in Japan is “functional” and efforts are being made to deal with numerous complaints from disgruntled teams, a chief organiser told AFP.
More than 17,000 competitors and officials are expected at the continent’s biggest sporting spectacular, which opens on Saturday (Sep 19) in Nagoya.
In a bid to cut costs, organisers are housing athletes and officials in temporary accommodation ranging from a cruise liner and wooden containers to hotel rooms.
The plan has run into immediate problems, with South Korean officials branding the container huts the “worst ever” and saying the beds are too short.
An offici…
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