By Dan Bloom A top Olympic official has slammed preparations for the 2016 Games in Rio saying they are the 'worst that I've experienced'. John Coates, vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), made the damning public attack after an unprecedented task force was set up to deliver the Games on time. IOC staff will be parachuted into Brazil's second-largest city to speed up construction delays which have been described as worse than the Athens Games in 2004. Work in progress: The Olympic Park in Rio pictured last month. The IOC said there are unprecedented delays A long way to go: The fabric of Rio's Olympic Stadium is largely completed, but despite this the IOC has said the situation is worse than in Athens in 2004, with work held up by strikes and bureaucracy
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John Coates told Sydney forum there was no 'plan B' to find another host
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'Situation is critical' and IOC has had to set up an unprecedented task force
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Brazil's crucial tests department has just two people working in it, he said
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City is also hosting FIFA World Cup as slum-dwellers riot over 'waste'
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