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Article: IOC Leader Rogge Hits Salt Lake
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- January 31, 2002
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ IOC President Jacques Rogge arrived to oversee
his first Olympic Games confident in U.S. security measures.
Rogge arrived at Salt Lake International Airport at 6:22 p.m. MDT
and was whisked away to the Little America hotel.
"The IOC is very happy about the level of preparations, and we are
looking forward to excellent games," Rogge said.
He will check into the athlete's Olympic Village the night before
the Feb. 8 opening ceremonies.
"It's the best place in town," he said. "I had the privilege to be
at the village as an athlete. It's a wonderful place, a place where
you have athletes of all countries, all religions, all ...