Swine flu concerns forces decision

Port of Spain -19 June 2009

With twenty-two days to go before the 12 July opening ceremony.

"It is a heartbreaking moment," says Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Larry Romany.

Romany was commenting on the decision taken by the T&T Government that due to the Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus the twin-island Republic was withdrawing as host nation for the inaugural Caribbean Games.