Olympics-Teams plan for lack of toilets on Paris opening ceremony barges
PARIS, July 20 (Reuters) -A possible lack of toilets on the barges used for carrying athletes during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday has thrown national teams an unexpected curve ball.
The opening ceremony will take place on the River Seine with athletes on barges floating past hundreds of thousands of spectators in one of the most anticipated events of these Games.
Some of those vessels, though, will not have toilets.
"Being one of the larger delegations, we haven't yet had confirmation whether we will have a boat with a toilet but we do hope so," Australia's Chef de Mission Anna Meares told a press conference on Saturday.
"But preparations in the case that we don't have a toilet on the boat are underway, and making sure that we have access to facilities both prior to and on the departure of the boat."
Athletes, however, will be pleased to hear that the expected time on the water for the opening ceremony will be only around 45 minutes.
"There will be toilets at the boarding and departure of the boat," Meares said. "So the boat, the time of the sail is about 40 to 45 minutes."
The Games will run until Aug 11.
Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Clare Fallon
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
