The Paris Olympics and Paralympics is ready to begin as the athletes’ village for the competition 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, AFP reports.
However, the first team members to arrive were from Australia and Brazil, Eight days before the opening ceremony.
Speaking to told French media, the deputy head of the village, Augustin Tran Van Chau said, “We are ready.”
On the weather condition, organisers are proud of offering a village that they say does not require air-conditioning to keep residents cool, with temperatures inside set to be at least 6 degrees Celsius (42 Fahrenheit) lower than outside in summer.
There was a different plan made by some delegations who decided to order their own air-conditioning units.
The village contains a host of innovations intended to make it a model of low-carbon construction.
Sources have confirmed that the apartments will be converted into homes, with at least a third destined for public housing, after they have been used by Olympians and Paralympians between July 26 and September 8.
