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Paris 2024: athletes take over the Olympic village
With just days to go until the Olympic Games begin, athletes are already in the starting blocks. Some competitions begin as early as this week.
(France Info)
With just days to go until the Olympic Games begin, athletes are already in the starting blocks. Some events begin even before the opening ceremony.
While Emmanuel Macron visited the Olympic village on Monday, July 22, the athletes took up residence. And some shared their state of affairs on social media.
This is particularly the case of skater Joseph Garbaccio, who arrived on his board and wondered about the solidity of the famous cardboard beds given to athletes: “That won’t hold up.”he jokes on Instagram.
Brothers Luka and Nikola Karabatic, from the French handball team, share a room.Playing the Games at home is a whole different world in terms of pressure.” underlines the latter.
For his part, Antoine Dupont met the head of theStatus Monday. Having switched to rugby 7s for these Games, he will miss the opening ceremonyre Friday. “It’s a shame, we would have liked to be there“, he concedes. But he hopes to play for Olympic gold, and the final will take place on Saturday.