Cardboard beds, dining halls and coffee stations: Inside the Olympic Village
With the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just three days away, the athletes are making their way to the Olympic Village and settling in.
To fans, the Olympic Village is a mystery, a place that only the most elite athletes in the world can access. Over the years, rumors have spread among laypeople about the Village 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including that the apartment accommodations include cardboard beds.
Recently, British diver and Olympic gold medalist showed his followers a behind-the-scenes look at the Olympic Village digs to show the truth about the cardboard bed legend.
In an , Daley gave fans the rundown on the beds by knocking on the thick, white cardboard bed frame and jumping up and down on the mattress.
Previously, many believed that the cardboard beds existed as an attempt to keep athletes from being intimate together, however, this theory has since been debunked. The official Olympic account on X, formerly known as Twitter, that these beds are more sustainable than bringing in full wooden, plastic or metal bed frames for the 10,500 athletes who are competing this year. The cardboard is easily recycled.
This year, the village바카라 게임 웹사이트s design achieves a 50% reduction in carbon emissions through bio-sourced materials and energy-efficient buildings.
American gymnastics phenom Simone Biles also of her Village apartment with teammate Jade Carey on her Instagram story.
Outside of the apartments, the village is said to have numerous amenities, especially when it comes to food. Many athletes spoke to SELF Magazine, discussing what the ins and outs of the Village look like.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The dining hall is out of this world. In Tokyo, it was two floors; in Rio, it was the size of a soccer field. There바카라 게임 웹사이트s every type of food you could imagine,바카라 게임 웹사이트 , a fencer who competed in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020, .
The main dining hall for Paris 2024 is called Cité du Cinéma, which seats 3,200 people. A separate 600-seat restaurant with global food options and food trucks will offer additional dining options.
Many have also raved about the drink options, which include soda machines that dispense everything from water to sports drinks to flavored Coca-Cola and fancy coffee carts.
바카라 게임 웹사이트In London, they had these coffee kiosks in adorable wooden trailers. They were all over the Village, and we had one right outside the USA building. You could take your little keycard and get free coffee, free snacks. There was a barista and everything바카라 게임 웹사이트it was a full food truck," Susannah Scaroni, a Paralympic wheelchair racer who competed in London in 2012, Rio in 2016, and in Tokyo in 2020, said in the .
The Olympic festivities kick off on Friday, July 26 with the opening ceremonies, where Celine Dion will perform and Snoop Dogg will be a torch bearer.
