4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A PONT D’IÉNA P LOCATION At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the OLYMPIC GAMES 7 KM from the Olympic and Paralympic Pont d’Iéna offers an exceptional view for Village, Paris, 7th arr. the road cycling and the athletics (20km race walk). ATHLETICS GETTING THERE It will be part of a broader area where the Games Discipline: walk • Bus take place. That includes the competition venues of 2 events: 1 / 1 • Métro lines 6, 8 and 9 the Grand Palais, the Pont Alexandre III, the Stade • RER line C tour Eiffel and the Arena Champ-de-Mars, but also 20 km Race Walk / • Vélib’ public bike stations the nearby Trocadéro, where the Live des Jeux experience is based. For the occasion, the Pont NEARBY GAMES VENUES d’Iéna will be completely decked out in temporary CYCLING • Eiffel Tower Stadium installations, allowing the best possible conditions • Invalides for the viewing public, but also a unique experience Discipline: road • Champ-de-Mars Arena for the athletes taking part in the race walk and • Grand Palais the cycling road race. 155m long and 35m wide, 2 events: 1 / 1 the Pont d’Iéna was built between 1808 and 1814 Road Race / by engineer Francois Laurent Lamandé. It is one of CAPACITY Paris’ 37 bridges spanning the Seine. It was the first bridge to be built in the wake of Napoleon I’s victory 3,349 at Jena in 1806. The structure is made up of five 28m semicircular arches and four mid-span piers. The NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS T bridge links Quai Branly, the Champ-de-Mars and • Eiffel Tower E the Eiffel Tower on the left bank to the Trocadéro E • Trocadéro area H Gardens on the right. A S • Hôtel des Invalides T A • Grand Palais S : D • Champs-Élysées E U N E C V POST-2024 LEGACY I P The stadium is a temporary structure that will be M Y taken down after the Games. L A R A D P N C A I P M Y L O women men mixed 37