Team Canada buying AC units for athletes at Paris Olympics. Why? – National [Video]

Preparations are heating up for the Paris Olympics and some countries, including Canada, are making sure their athletes remain cool during the two-week-long summer sporting event.

Team Canada is among several visiting delegations that will be adding air conditioning units because the rooms in the Olympic Village where the athletes will be staying won’t have them.

“Aligned with our commitment to providing optimal health and performance conditions for Team Canada, and informed by our conversations with athletes, the Canadian Olympic Committee, with its sport partners and National Sport Organizations, has implemented several heat mitigation strategies,” the COC told Global News in an emailed statement.

“One of these measures is high-efficiency low-emission air conditioning units in some athlete rooms purchased from the organizing committee to complement the measures put in place by Paris 2024.”

After the Games are over, the AC units will be donated locally to people in need, the COC said.

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