Paris Olympics 2024: Athlete's village opens, French police bolster security

The athlete’s village for the Paris Olympics 2024 opened up on Thursday (July 18) ahead of the showpiece event beginning on July 24. The village is in the north of Paris and will host 14.500 people including 9,000 athletes participating across different events.

Eight days before the grand opening ceremony, Australia and Brazil were the first countries to send in their contingent for the village. The village will be like a home for the athletes, thus giving them a secure place to recuperate, practice and recover.

“We are ready,” the deputy head of the village, Augustin Tran Van Chau, told French media.

The village boasts of innovative and unique features. It does not depend on external air conditioning to regulate the temperature. The interiors have been designed in such a way that the temperature will remain at six degrees despite the summer heat in Paris.

It is a low-carbon construction establishment, adding to the sustainable living values. After the conclusion of the Paralympics on September 8, this village will be transformed into proper residential facilities.

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French police amp up security ahead of Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony

With only eight days to go before the Summer Olympics, the French police have amped up the security measures. French forces have already started locking down parts of the city to ensure safety measures ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony.

The opening parade alongside the 6 kilometers of the Seine River forced the riverside to be shut down for the cars from 5.00 am local time on Thursday.

Anyone who absolutely needs to access the areas such as residents or tourists with hotel reservations, also termed as the ‘grey zones’, has to have a proper security pass. Metro stations will also remain operational during the opening ceremony as some 7,000 athletes sail past the Seine River.