SHOCKING! Paris Olympics Gold Medallist Forced To Sleep In Park Due to Conditions in Olympic Village

Paris Olympics 2024: The ongoing Summer Games in the French capital have been nothing less than controversial. The Paris Games witnesses a new controversy every day and they refuse to die down anytime soon. The ongoing Summer Games were touted to be the greenest games ever with no air conditioners in the Olympic village. This move has now backfired with athletes complaining about severe heat and the conditions in the Olympic Games Village.

Italian Swimmer And Olympic Gold Medallist Sleeps In A Park

Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon was recently spotted sleeping on the ground in a park. Ceccon won the men’s 100m backstroke this week and had raised concerns about the conditions inside the Olympic village. The Italian swimmer won 2 medals at the games this year, a gold in 100m backstroke and bronze in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay.

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'There is no air conditioning in the village, it's hot, the food is bad. Many athletes move for this reason. It's not an alibi or excuse, it's the reality of what perhaps not everyone knows. I'm disappointed that I didn't make the final but I was too tired. It's hard to sleep both at night and in the afternoon. Usually, when I'm at home, I always sleep in the afternoon: here I really struggle between the heat and the noise', said Cecoon as quoted by the Sun.

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Saudi Arabian rower Husein Alireza shared an Instagram story in which the Italian swimmer was spotted sleeping on a towel.

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US star Coco Gauff also complained about the conditions inside the Olympic Games village. The conditions at the Olympic village have been so bad that the entire US tennis team switched to alternate lodging. The Indian athletes also complained about the living conditions in the Olympic village. The Indian Sports Ministry took the matter extremely seriously and sent 40 air conditioners to the athletes in order to help them and to ensure that they recover before their respective performances.