4 2 0 S 2 I VAIRES-SUR-MARNE PRACTICAL INFO R A P NAUTICAL STADIUM LOCATION 24 KM from the Olympic The Vaires-Torcy outdoor leisure park encapsulates the OLYMPIC GAMES and Paralympic Village, Greater Paris regional authorities’ desire to equip the region Vaires - Torcy (77) with infrastructure that can host top international sports competitions. CANOE-KAYAK ROWING GETTING THERE The leisure park offered state- the three Olympic and Paralympic • RER lines A and E Discipline: sprint 14 events: 7 / 7 • Transilien train line P, then bus of-the art facilities even before canoe/kayak events – slalom, 10 events: 5 / 5 the Île-de- France Water Sports sprint and para canoe – as well as Single Sculls / Centre opened, hosting the rowing. K-1 / Kayak Single – 1 000 m Pair / CAPACITY 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World One of the major advantages of K-1 / Kayak Single – 500 m Double Sculls / Canoe, kayak sprint and rowing: Championships, Canoe World the centre is that it was designed K-2 / Kayak Double – 500 m / Four Cup events in 1992 and 1996 and, with the people who could use it / 24,000 more recently, Gay Games events before and after the 2024 Games K-4 / Kayak Four – 500 m / Quadruple Sculls / 14,000 seated and 10,000 standing and the France Elite Canoe/Kayak in mind and meets elite athletes’ C-1 / Canoe Single – 1 000 m Eight / Slalom Championships in 2018. rigorous standards. Boasting a C-1 / Canoe Single – 200 m Lightweight Double Sculls Canoe and kayak slalom (White Water) The leisure park was extensively landscaped river section as well / & para canoe: renovated recently. The work as a training river for people to C-2 / Canoe Double – 1 000 m involved building a white water learn how to canoe, kayak, raft or C-2 / Canoe Double – 500 m 12,000 centre with a 250 m slalom swim in white water, along with a course, modernising the 2,200 range of other new activities open PARALYMPIC Para rowing: T m rowing and sprint course, to all (including fitness, sailing Discipline: slalom E as well as building related and standup paddleboarding), GAMES E 6 events: 3 / 3 14,000 H infrastructure, a media centre and the new centre can benefit and A S K-1 / Kayak / T accommodation for athletes and is accessible to everyone, even PARA CANOE A C-1 / Canoe Single visitors. people not currently involved / Information to be determined NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS S : D E Open since June 2019, the new in sport, attracting over 500,000 Extreme Canoe Slalom / • Disneyland Paris theme park U N visitors each year. • Torcy outdoor activities centre E Île-de-France Water Sports Centre PARA ROWING C V will be the venue of choice for the Information to be determined • Former Menier chocolate factory I P canoe/kayak and rowing events M Y L at the Paris 2024 Olympic and POST-2024 LEGACY A R A Paralympic Games. It is one of The Water Sports Centre located at the Vaires-Torcy D P the only three centres worldwide outdoor leisure park offers top-class facilities for N C A – the other two being in Beijing water-based activities and sports, catering for I P and Sydney – that bring together amateurs and elite athletes alike. After the Games, M Y L the Water Sports Centre will also bring together O water sports representative bodies. women men mixed 54