From July 26 to August 11, 2024, the thirty-third Olympic Games will be held in Paris. Thousands of athletes from all over the world will take part in them, so the organizers had to build a huge residential complex from scratch with rooms for sleeping and other amenities. Construction of the village took 7 years and cost Paris 1.85 billion dollars. The complex has 82 buildings with 3 thousand apartments – there should be enough space for all athletes from a variety of disciplines. For the second Olympic Games in a row, people are talking about cardboard beds for athletes that look so flimsy that they are called “anti-sex beds.” Did the French really not correct the situation?
At the 2024 Olympics, athletes will sleep on cardboard beds. Source: invabeloretsk.ru
Contents
- 1 Olympic village in Paris
- 2 Where athletes live at the 2024 Olympics
- 3 Anti-sex beds at the Olympics
- 4 What do participants of the 2024 Olympics eat< /li>
Olympic Village in Paris
During the 2024 Olympics, athletes from all over the world will live in a village located 9 kilometers from the center of Paris. The builders chose a site on the Seine embankment, which had been empty for many years. Once thousands of athletes go home, the village will be turned into a residential complex for ordinary Parisians.
Olympic Village in Paris at night. Source: sortiraparis.com
The Olympic Village has everything you need for life, from a restaurant to a hospital. Buildings below 28 meters are made of wood, and everything else is made of concrete. The structure of all buildings is such that birds can live on their roofs. In general, the builders tried to make everything as environmentally friendly as possible.
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Participants in the Paris Olympic Games will live in pairs, in small rooms measuring 12 square meters. They cannot be called comfortable: there is only one toilet for two rooms, there is no kitchen, and there is no TV or air conditioning in the rooms. Despite the fact that the builders insulated the buildings from the street heat, the air temperature in the rooms is about +27 degrees. But for a comfortable stay, the rooms need to be much colder.
Photo of the construction of the Olympic Village. Source: sports.ru
The houses in the Olympic Village are located so that athletes can get to training sites within 20 minutes. Most participants will be able to get to the competition venue in half an hour. And there are many Olympic venues in Paris: Yves du Manoir, Parc des Princes, Grand Palais and so on.
Room in the Olympic Village. Source: sports.ru
The rooms for athletes look extremely modest. But after the Olympics, the layout inside all buildings will be changed so that full families can live in the apartments. Partitions between many rooms will be demolished, kitchens will appear, and so on. The authorities of Paris can be praised for the fact that the Olympic Village will not be abandoned – nothing will go to waste, but the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro have long been abandoned.
Many of the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro are abandoned today. Source: 24warez.ru
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Anti-sex beds at the Olympics
During the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, media reported that athletes were sleeping on beds made of recycled cardboard. American track and field athlete Paul Chelimo called them “anti-sex beds” because, supposedly, you need to sleep on them with extreme caution so as not to break them. It was believed that the organizers used such flimsy beds to prevent athletes from getting “physically close” during the coronavirus pandemic.
Anti-sex bed in Tokyo. Source: lenta.ru
During the 2024 Olympics in Paris, athletes will sleep on the same cardboard beds. They were developed by the Japanese company Airweave and after the games, the furniture frames will be recycled, and the mattresses and pillows will be sent to schools and other organizations.
Anti-sex bed at the 2024 Olympics. Source: inbusiness.kz
Recently, Irish gymnast Reece McClenaghan decided to test whether Olympic beds are really that weak. He tried jumping on them and doing tricks – it turned out that they were much stronger than they looked at first glance. The myth about beds that prevent sex has been dispelled, and on the Internet you can find information that they can withstand weights of up to 200 kilograms.
The cardboard bed for the Olympics is 210 centimeters long and can be extended at the request of the athletes. The bed mattress is made entirely of polyethylene and has a structure of three layers of different hardness. It is unknown how much cardboard beds for the Olympics cost. But similar options like Room in a Box brand beds cost about 100 euros, which is equivalent to approximately 9,500 rubles. As you can see, they are not that cheap, and options made from other materials are even more expensive.
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< h2>What do participants of the 2024 Olympics eat?
It is expected that 345 different items such as blankets, fans and so on will be allocated for the athletes. Due to the lack of a kitchen, they will eat in the canteen – it is planned to serve 40 thousand servings of food daily. The dining room only has seating for 3,500 people, so queues can form. In order to somehow solve the problem, the authorities decided to place many snack bars on wheels throughout the village.
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The menu at all food outlets will be updated every week. Basically, athletes will eat dishes from French, Asian, African and Caribbean cuisine. There is also a bakery in the village where you can not only buy food, but also try to bake it yourself – for this you will need to attend a master class.