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A look at the Paris 2024 Olympic village with athletes' arrival imminent
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7/17/2024
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Stepping onto French soil, Olympic delegations have begun arriving in Paris, like these Argentinian
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athletes, as well as the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, made up of 36 athletes from 11 different
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countries representing the many millions of displaced people around the world.
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Meanwhile staff and volunteers at the newly built Olympic Village are putting the final
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touches in place.
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Right now we are in the pre-opening period, so that's why we still have a bit of work
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to do to finalise all the different spaces, to clean up the village before they arrive.
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But we have the chef de mission and the officials, they are already in the village and they start
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to decorate their spaces so that when the athletes will come they will feel like home.
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Located in the suburb of Saint-Denis on the outskirts of the capital, the site will welcome
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more than 20,000 athletes throughout the Olympics and Paralympics.
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Organisers say it's been designed to use existing infrastructure as much as possible.
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The main dining hall is a former power plant, while nearby cinema studios will be used as
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training centres.
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The site will open its doors to athletes from this Thursday, just over a week ahead of the
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grand opening ceremony on July 26th.
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Meanwhile this Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the IOC President and the
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head of Paris 2024 for a meeting at the Elysee Palace.
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