Organisers in Paris are facing accusations of creating a two-tier Olympic Games, with some athletes equipped with air-conditioning and others struggling with the heat
The decision to forgo air conditioning in the athletes’ rooms in the Olympic Village in Paris had been made with the noblest intentions:
A spokesperson for Paris 2024 said athletes were being advised to drink lots of fluids, open windows at night and keep the blinds closed during the day. “These appliances are at their own cost, and Paris 2024 is offering support by proposing air conditioners that will subsequently be made available to Paralympic athletes. Additional solutions will be made available to the athletes, such as fans, or a few mobile air conditioning units for the most exposed rooms.”The issue of air conditioning had been a hot one before the Games.
The International Olympic Committee claimed the building’s system would achieve a target temperature of 23-26C at the hottest time of the day in a heatwave but those assurances did not convince a number of the larger, and wealthier, countries including Great Britain, Australia, the US, and even hosts France.“This is a high-performance Games,” the Australian Olympic Committee chief executive, Matt Carroll, told Australian media last year. “We’re not going for a picnic.
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