Olympics

Far too many athletes and officials have signed up for the Summer Games, Olympic organizers warned, and some nations will be forced to thin their squads.

The Barcelona Olympic Organizing Committee (COOB) said it already has received accreditation requests from 18,972 athletes and team officials--far beyond its limit of 15,000.

And COOB officials said they still have not received a list of athletes and team officials from 31 countries, meaning the number of accreditation requests will swell to more than 19,000.