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Sailing in the Paris Olympic Games
Sports Illustrated
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12/21/2023
NEWSnet International Correspondent Ryan Thompson takes us on a tour of the sailing central for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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"Welcome in Marseille, we're in the South Bay, which is the Olympic Bay."
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They may be called the Paris Olympic Games, but when athletes descend on France in one
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year they'll see much more than just the Eiffel Tower.
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"Marseille and Calanques, so it's in the whole South Bay and we will have all the Olympic
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classes running at the same time for the two weeks."
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France's second largest southern port city will be ground zero for sailing.
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It's known for powerful mistral winds, and sailors from the U.S. are already learning
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to contend with them.
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"But they're a lot of fun, but scary.
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We were here in April, so we had longer mistral days, but now it's a bit shorter."
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The winds average around 30 miles per hour, but sometimes can blow much faster.
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"It's a lot of different conditions, you can get from 6 knots all the way up to 40 knots
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on some days, so it's a mix of everything."
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Teams from as far as China and New Zealand are spending hours out on Marseille's open
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water.
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Olympic organizers even scheduled a test event this summer to see if sailors could handle
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the course.
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"We had half a regatta that went well and fell short for the second half, so there's
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a year for us to fill those gaps.
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But a year's a long time, right?"
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The Olympic sailing course is over 400 miles from Paris, here in Marseille.
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And though athletes' eyes will be on the water, they'll have a stunning view of Marseille's
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spectacular coastline.
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With its rocky inlets, small archipelagos and ancient architecture, this city is really
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something.
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Marseille has passed through the hands of both the Greeks and the Romans.
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Each has left their mark on the city of 900,000, which is distinctly un-Parisian.
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And though it's been a trading port since ancient times, it's now scrubbing away its
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reputation for grit, drawing new residents interested in its food, culture and 300 days
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of sun.
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"I am way happier sailing in the sun.
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It just makes the experience so much better.
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I'm happier, I sail better and faster."
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A fact that's not lost on these visiting sailors.
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In Marseille, France, I'm Ryan Thompson for Newsnet.
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