IOC: Rio Olympics were 'most perfect imperfect games'

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A few months after the closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, IOC officials have a new tagline for South America's first Olympics: "The most perfect imperfect games."

The International Olympic Committee held a news conference on Tuesday to accentuate the positives of the Rio Games, which were held amid Brazil's political and economic crisis and experienced problems with empty seats, budget cuts, green water and other organizational issues.

The IOC released a stream of facts and figures to showcase the success of the games, including global broadcast figures, record number of national Olympic committees, the first ever refugee team and performances by stars such as Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and Mo Farah.

Dubi said the organizing committee's final operational budget — the cost of running the games, not the construction or infrastructure spending — would be announced in the next few weeks and would come in close to the original $2.9 billion figure.