(29 Jul 2024)
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Paris – 29 July 2024
1. Various of spectators watching Olympic events with mist sprayers
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Thomas Bredel, tourist:
"After the rain we had on Friday during the opening ceremony, we have to cope with this heat and that’s why I’m under the table to watch (tennis match between) Nadal and Djokovic."
(Reporter: "What’s the cure for this?")
"A little water, a little beer, you need to mix both if you want to survive the night."
3. Various of people drinking water and sheltering from the sun
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Arnaud Louis, visitor:
"Enjoying the summer time in Paris at last. We had been waiting for this for many weeks and now we feel like the summer has really started."
5. Various of people drinking from a water fountain
6. Various of people watching an event
7. Person eating an ice cream
8. Person giving water to a child
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Renee Hey and David Hey, tourists:
"We’re being very smart. We have two bottles of water and the water here at the Games, the water here you can drink it from the tap. It’s wonderful and they have all the spigots around so we’re just keeping our bottles full and on a day like this you have to do that because it’s very hot. Yep, no problem but the Games are very helpful with the water."
10. Sun
11. Various of metro employees handing out water cartons
12. Close of water cartons
13. Various of President of Paris Region Valérie Pécresse handing out water, talking with metro users
14. Metro employees handing out water
15. Various of Paris region employees handing out straw hats
16. SOUNDBITE (French) Valérie Pécresse, President of Paris region:
"Ile-de-France Mobilités (Paris region transport public company) has bought two million water cartons so that they can be handed out across the network by the operators. We’ve also installed 90 water fountains in most of the stations near Olympic venues and the rest of the network."
17. Various of UK police officers being handed fan and using it outside Olympic venue
18. SOUNDBITE (French) Valérie Pécresse, President of Paris region:
"These cartons are made of recyclable cardboard as part of the calls for bids to have sober and environmentally-friendly Games."
19. Various of people outside Olympic arena
STORYLINE:
Scores of sports enthusiasts battled the heat outside Olympic venues and at fan zones across Paris on Monday, as the French capital experiences rising temperatures and cloud free skies.
The 2024 Olympic Games had a rainy start with the opening ceremony and resulted in some competitions being postponed, but the weather has improved over recent days.
The maximum temperature will reach 36°C (96 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Meteo France.
The soaring temperatures will not only impact the athletes who compete in open areas, but spectators, tourists and residents as well.
Meteo France released recommendations to restrict going out in the hottest hours and even when people do, to stay hydrated, wear hats and use spray bottles.
The Paris region train and metro operator Île-de-France Mobilités said Monday that they will hand over two million bottles of water at over 70 train stations and stops of its transport network, as well as at the bus stations.
The initiative was launched to meet the needs of the ten million spectators of the Olympic Games.
AP video shot by Nicholas Garriga and Alex Turnbull
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