The officials of Rio de Janeiro have denied the rumors of delaying the city's 2016 Olympic preparations.
According to the local daily Estado de S.Paulo the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had identified "serious concerns" in an internal document.
The report came just after a meeting of IOC members with local organising committee members on Sunday, which was scheduled to discuss the progress of Rio's Olympic projects, reports Xinhua.
"There is no secret document. At the meetings that I took part in today, the IOC did not show any concern with anything in particular," local organising committee president Carlos Arthur Nuzman said.
Moreover, Rio's mayor Eduardo Paes also denied the claims that the Games' preparations were lagging behind schedule.
"The governments has access to these documents. There is nothing new," Paes said.
IOC members will on Tuesday will travel to Buenos Aires where they will announce the host of the 2020 Games, Sep 7. The final candidates are Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo.
-With inputs from IANS
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