First competitors enter Games Village


Here we come: Pedestrians walk on a bridge in front of the China team’s Athletes’ Village for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. — AFP

PARIS: The athletes’ village for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics officially opened and welcomed its first inhabitants on Thursday.

The village to the north of Paris will house nearly 14,500 people, including 9,000 athletes, at its peak.

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