New Delhi, India (CNN) -- The Commonwealth Games should not have been awarded to India, considering how preparations have gone, but the clock is ticking and it's time to move ahead, said Australia's Olympic Committee leader.
"I don't think it is a cultural thing. When you agree to host an Olympic Games, you are required to provide the basics in terms of health and hygiene for the athletes. I'm very aware, having hosted a Games, and I don't think you reduce yourself to the lowest common denominator," Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates said Friday.
Organizers are scrambling to pull together the Commonwealth Games, which are to start on October 3 in New Delhi.
India's ability to host the games has been questioned following a bridge collapse and criticism of the athletes' village as uninhabitable and filthy. Myriad countries threatened to pull out of competition.
The Commonwealth Games take place every four years among members of the former British empire.
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