Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners
The Olympic athletes’ village construction site is pictured In Saint Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Some Paris 2024 Olympic hopefuls have expressed concern over the lack of air conditioning units in the athletes’ village that will be home for thousands of athletes and sports officials during next year’s Summer Games. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
Organizers are planning to use a water-cooling system under the Athletes Village – much like the one that has helped the Louvre Museum cope with the sweltering heat that broke records last year – to keep temperatures in check for the Olympians and Paralympians who stay there.
