The town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye will not host an Olympic site, but it is preparing to receive part of the British delegation, allowing you to experience the Games with an English accent, and to experience the Games to the fullest. Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
The question of the day
How Saint-Germain-en-Laye is preparing to celebrate the Paris 2024 Games and receive the British delegation?
The response from France Bleu Paris
Arnaud Pericardmayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, presents to us news of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in your municipality : “ We are preparing to welcome the Olympic flamewe are preparing to host the cycling event who will pass through our city, and above all we are preparing to welcome the British delegation who will be preparing for the Games in Saint-Germain-en-Laye before migrating to the Olympic Village [à Saint-Denis] “.
How did this rapprochement with the British happen? Arnaud Pericard tells us : ” We talked a lot during Covid, and when we were able to see each other they came several times. They precisely audited our infrastructure and our facilities. The proximity of the forest, this green lung before descending into the Olympic cauldron of the Plaine Saint-Denis, reinforced their choice that it was necessary to have a place of preparation a little behind this Olympic furnace “.
What Saint-German facilities will be used? Arnaud Pericard draws up the list: “ A whole ecosystem. The entire Camp des Loges, one of the legendary places of French sport, city gyms, hotels, places of rest. Three golf courses in Saint-Germain-en-Laye will be available to relax. We have an Olympic swimming pool, with an outdoor pool. We have all our city center shops, our cafes, our terraces, a whole immersion in Ile-de-France and Parisian life “.
Among the British athletes present, there will especially be “ the athletics delegation, which is among the best in the world. We also rebuilt the athletics track in Olympic format, with eight lanes, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Sports. We will have Rugby 7s*, we will have *Field hockey, we will have a part of gymnastics. There will be around two hundred athletes on site in July »
Finally, the news will also be extra sporting, as described to us Arnaud Pericard : “ We are close to the international high school, with an Anglo-Saxon community in the heart of our city, one of the largest in France in terms of number of inhabitants. We are going to register in the Cultural Olympiads, with a British book fair, British rock concerts. The city will get in tune with the British. We also do not forget the memorial dimension, and we will pay tribute and memory to the British community throughout the month of July “.
After the Olympic Games, it is the Paralympic Team GB which will take up residence in Saint-Germain-en-Layeand will be present throughout the month of August until the Paralympic Games which will begin on August 28, 2024.
