4 2 0 S 2 PRACTICAL INFO I R A AQUATICS CENTRE P LOCATION GETTING THERE • Bus The Aquatics Centre is one of the two OLYMPIC GAMES 1,5 KM from • Metro lines 13 and 14 permanent sports facilities being built for the Olympic • RER lines B and D the Paris 2024 Games, the other being SWIMMING and Paralympic • Tramlines T1 and T8 Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue. Village, Saint- • Vélib’ public bike stations Discipline: artistic swimming Denis (93) It will benefit not only residents of Seine- Saint-Denis, a department where there is a 2 events: 2 NEARBY GAMES VENUES lack of swimming pools and where one in two • Stade de France children aged 11 cannot swim, but also the Duet • Porte de La Chapelle Arena French swimming movement, which will finally Team • Olympic and Paralympic Village have access to a facility that lives up to its • La Courneuve Shooting Range potential and its ambitions to help prepare top Discipline: water polo • Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue French swimmers and host major national and (preliminaries) international competitions, such as the European CAPACITY Aquatics Championships and the World Aquatics 2 events: 1 / 1 Championships. 10-team tournament 5,000 The Aquatics Centre will be built opposite the 12-team tournament Stade the France in Saint-Denis, less than 2 km NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS from the Olympic and Paralympic Village. A • Sacré-Cœur Basilica (Paris) walkway over the A1 motorway will link the two Discipline: diving • Montmartre area (Paris) facilities. During the Games, the centre will be 8 events: 4 / 4 • Saint-Denis Basilica configured to host the artistic swimming, water • Saint-Ouen flea market polo and diving competitions. Designed using bio- 3 m Springboard / T E sourced materials only, the Aquatics Centre is a 10 m Platform / POST-2024 LEGACY E H low-carbon facility that is committed to its energy The Aquatics Centre will be used by the general public, A S Synchronised 3 m T and environmental performance, as demonstrated / schools, clubs and associations on a daily basis for a variety A Springboard S : D by the 5,000 m² of photovoltaic panels installed on of sports, including fitness activities, tennis, paddle tennis, E its roof. Synchronised 10 m Platform / team sports, as well as water sports. It will also provide U N the French swimming movement with the cutting-edge E Catering to the needs of all users (whether C V sports facility it has been waiting decades for. The French I curious beginners, leisure lovers or seasoned Swimming Federation will be able to use the centre to P M competitors), the Aquatics Centre will house a host national and international competitions for its four Y L A range of sports facilities after the Games, including indoor disciplines. The centre will also provide a national R A a fitness area, a climbing wall, paddle tennis training centre for elite athletes, as well as an advanced D P courts and pitches for team sports. development centre for divers. N C A I P M Y L O women men mixed 17