(12 Jun 2024)
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Nanterre, France – 12 June 2024
1. Wide pan from Defense business district to arena
2. Close up of Olympic rings on the Exterior of Arena
3. Various exteriors of Arena
4. Wide pan of warm-up and competition pool
5. Worker near the pool
6. Various of workers
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Etienne Thobois, Paris 2024 CEO: "It was clear to us that this incredible arena, the biggest indoor one in Europe had to play a central role in the organization of the Games. So even if it meant breaking out of the mold a little bit, we naturally thought that the swimming sports, the second most watched sport of the Games after Track and Field, had all the reasons to be present here and we started working on that."
8. Various of workers
9. Various of pool
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Etienne Thobois, Paris 2024 CEO:
"So you see there are two pools, one for competition and the other for warm-ups of the athletes. 15,000 seats in a shape of a U which will bring an incredible atmosphere. On top of this, the pools, which are modular, will be reused after the games and installed in the Seine-St-Denis region that has important needs in infrastructure, this was one of the main goals of the Paris 2024, to develop sport infrastructure in Seine-St-Denis region, so this is part of this effort."
11. Various of workers installing the warm-up pool
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Thobois, Paris 2024 CEO:
"When you have an equipment like this, which is a fantastic arena, the biggest in Europe, closed arena in Europe, you start to think how can you magnify this facility and obviously swimming as one of the major sports in the Olympic and Paralympic games came as a normal choice. Obviously we had technical challenges so we did study that in relationship with our partner Myrtha Pool. Especially with respect with the legacy of those facilities, which we will be installing in Seine-Saint-Denis where people will be able to use these facilities as a legacy."
13. Wide of pool
14. Close up of pool
15. Wide exterior of La Defense Arena
STORYLINE:
The La Defense Arena in the suburbs of the French capital is being prepared for swimming and water-polo events during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Two swimming pools are being assembled in the Nanterre La Defense Arena ahead of the Paris Games that start on July 26.
One pool will be dedicated to warm-ups and the other one will host competitions.
The venue will have a capacity of 15,000 seats for both swimming and water-polo events.
Opened in 2017, the venue is known for hosting the rugby games of French Team Racing 92 as well as music concerts.
The arena hosted the Rolling Stones in 2017 and Taylor Swift a couple of weeks ago.
The Olympics will run until August 11.
AP video shot by Oleg Cetinic
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