国际奥委会主席称赞亚运村条件好：“非要挑毛病的话，就是小了点”

综合路透社、日本时事新闻消息，9月20日，国际奥委会主席柯丝蒂·考文垂表示，尽管部分亚运会参赛选手提出批评，但名古屋的运动员住宿条件给她留下了深刻印象。

Kirsty Coventry, the president of the International Olympic Committee, on Sunday toured the wooden cabins lodging athletes at the Asian Games and, despite some athletes' criticism, said she was "really impressed".

为控制开支，日本主办方放弃了原先建设亚运村的计划，转而将17000名运动员与官员分散安置在各类酒店、集装箱式板房以及一艘邮轮上。

Japanese organisers scrapped initial plans for a dedicated Athletes' Village in an effort to control costs, opting instead to house 17,000 athletes and officials across hotels, shipping-container-style huts and a cruise ship.

不少运动员抱怨居住空间狭小、床的尺寸不足，而考文垂在实地视察花园码头住宿区后表示：“这些房间很安静，温度十分适宜，空调运转状态良好，地板和墙面的装潢也很不错。”

Several athletes have complained about cramped living quarters and undersized beds, but Coventry gave the facilities a resounding thumbs-up after inspecting the accommodation at Garden Pier.

"The cabins are quiet, they're very cool. The air conditioning is working well. The flooring and the walls are beautiful," Coventry told reporters afterwards.

“这里比我住过的部分奥运村条件还要好。所以客观看待日本以及组委会的工作，我确实印象很好。”

“我之前只看到各种负面评价，实地到访之前，我预想的完全是另一番景象。也希望各位媒体也能亲自感受一下这里的实际情况。”

"It's better than some of the (athletes') villages I've ever stayed in. So I think to be very fair to Japan and to the organising committee, I was really impressed.

"I'd only been reading everything that had been said, and I was expecting something completely different to ‌when I walked in. And I hope that you guys will get to experience the same thing."

考文垂称，运动员住进这种模块化板房并非先例，只是这批舱房的面积略小于今年早些时候米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会所使用的房间，“稍微紧凑一点”。

“它们确实紧凑了一点。所以，如果你想挑毛病的话，就是稍微小了些。但我不觉得这是什么坏事。我很喜欢这个亚运村。”考文垂说。

“2000年我在澳大利亚参加自己人生第一届奥运会时，就住过这类舱房。这种模式并不新鲜，我并不在意外观如何。”考文垂本人曾是游泳运动员，曾获奥运冠军。

Coventry, a former Olympic swimming champion, said this was not the first time athletes had been housed in such modular setups even though these were slightly smaller than the cabins used in Milano Cortina Winter Olympics earlier this year.

"They're a little tighter. So, you know, if you want something negative, it's a little smaller.

"But I don't think it's a negative thing. I love the village."

"We had cabins in 2000, my very first (Olympic) Games in Australia. It's not a new concept. I'm not necessarily concerned about the look."

“我认为运动员对我们的期待，是保障住宿达到最低标准，对吧？我们也会和各方协同努力，去实现这一点。”

当被问及是否愿意在奥运会上也采用这种临时舱房搭配邮轮作为运动员住宿时，她表示自己还没有登船查看。

"I think what athletes expect from us is that there needs to be a minimum level of standards, right? And we're going to try and work with everybody to do that."

Asked if she would happily see the temporary cabins and also a cruise ship serve as accommodation at the Olympics, she said she had not been to the vessel.

考文垂认为，赛事组织应重视运动员体验，在保障运动员基本需求的同时，也要考虑大型综合性赛事面临的成本和组织的复杂性。

国际奥委会主席柯丝蒂·考文垂

据了解，本届亚运会报名参赛的运动员和官员超过1.7万人，规模甚至超过奥运会，而日本方面最初仅按约1.5万人进行筹备。组委会主席大村秀章此前坦言，对于多出的参赛者，他们“既没有人力也没有预算”为其安排食宿，“如果他们仍希望前来，就必须自行安排”。

The number of participants exceeded the initial estimate of 15,000 people, reaching 17,000 people. Problems have arisen in securing sufficient accommodation and managing meals.

9月16日，一名搬入名古屋港附近邮轮运动员村的韩国代表大为不满地对韩媒说道：“这是我第一次参加这样的国际赛事。”入住邮轮的运动员在赛事期间几乎所有时间都将在水上度过，同时还面临前往比赛场馆交通不便的问题。

“开车前往训练或比赛场地需要一个半小时。住宿地点也离市中心很远，很难获得基本的生活设施保障。”住在集装箱式花园码头村的运动员也好不到哪儿去。他们不得不冒雨前往接驳巴士。“一旦走出集装箱，无论下雨还是晒太阳，都无处可躲”，另一名体育官员说。