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Date : Wed Jul 24 2024 15:15:05

Take a sneak peak inside the Olympic Village training center ahead of the 
Paris 2024 Games

Date:
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:06:14 +0000

Description:
Technogym shares first exclusive images of the Paris 2024 Olympic Village 
training center.

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While the rest of the internet seems preoccupied with the return of cardboard 
beds to the Paris 2024 Olympic Village (don't ask), as a fitness writer I'm 
more interested in where the athletes will be training as they apply the 
final touches to their medal-hunting preparations. 

To quell my curiosity, the event's official equipment supplier Technogym has 
sent me the first official photos of the training area in the athlete 
village. And it's certainly no Planet Fitness. (Image credit: Technogym) 

The enormous and immaculate light-gray building houses rows upon rows of 
cardio equipment, including treadmills (curved and standard), ski ergs, 
rowing machines, ellipticals, and static bikes. 

There's another section visible for strength training, with a series of 
leg-press and hack-squat machines (which were invented by Technogym founder 
Nerio Alessandri in the 1980s) alongside other plate-loaded equipment. 

A closer look at the background of the picture below also reveals Smith 
machines and cable machines. (Image credit: Technogym) 

The Italian brand has kitted out 29 athlete training centers in total, with 
the pictured pice de rsistance found at the Olympic and Paralympic Village in 
Paris Saint-Denis. 

Several other sport-specific training sites can be found in Lille, Nice and 
even Tahiti (where athletes are stationed for the surf event). 

Across these sites there are roughly 1,200 pieces of equipment catering to 
14,900 Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Among these athletes more than 200 
nationalities are represented, and they'll be competing in 32 Olympic 
sportsand22 Paralympic sports. (Image credit: Technogym) 

 I recently visited Technogym's headquarters in Italy , discovering how the 
brand develops its equipment to handle the demands of elite athletes like 
those set to compete in Paris this July and August. 

Each machine is subjected to intense bouts of testing, with professional 
sportspeople and Olympians brought in to ensure the equipment can handle the 
rigors of sustained, intense use. 

"If it works for Olympic athletes, it will work for everyday people," an 
engineer told me. 

Now the equipment is ready to face the ultimate test, with thousands of 
athletes pushing it to its limit as they chase down their gold medal 
ambitions. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/take-a-sneak-peak-inside-the-olympic-
village-training-center-ahead-of-the-paris-2024-games


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