Golf course in Rio in a legal battle ahead of 2016 Olympics

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Rio Secco Golf Club

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 18 (IANS) A local judge is set to decide the fate of Rio's 2016 Olympic golf course after a hearing failed to end an impasse over the site's development. Public prosecutors have called for changes to the course design claiming it will cause environmental degradation to the nature reserve.

A local court had given organisers until Wednesday to present an alternative proposal. But an agreement failed to be reached and the course's future now rests with judge Eduardo Klausler.

Earlier this week, the president of Rio's 2016 organising committee Carlos Nuzman insisted that the course's development was on track to be completed on time.

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