Olympics Too Big, Princess Anne Says

The Olympics have become too big for their own good, according to Princess Anne, one of Britain’s two International Olympic Committee members.

The princess, president of the British Olympic Assn. and the International Equestrian Federation, said trimming the size of the Games presented the most difficult decisions facing the IOC and other international sports bodies.

“The biggest danger to the movement is that it is getting too big in sheer weight of numbers,” she said. “Other sports will become more popular in terms of numbers and everyone will want to be involved in the Olympics.

“Some very hard decision-making will happen very shortly.”