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Let the Games Begin! Inside the 2024 Olympic Village in Photos Shared by the Athletes

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Jul 23, 2024 4:36 pm·

By Beth Shilliday

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Sports fans are getting a look inside the 2024 Paris Olympic Village, which is playing home to the games’ athletes.

The Olympic Village cost $1.85 billion to build and will house 15,000 Olympians and 9,000 Paralympians for the duration of the event. 40,000 meals every day will be prepped for the athletes in a dining hall featuring different food stations catering to various styles of cuisine from around the world.

Athletes have already been showing off pictures of the controversial cardboard beds, which feature just a mattress on top. More photos from the village have highlighted some of the more enviable amenities.

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They’re Here!

“First Village selfie!!! (and a little girl power for your timeline!),” the ladies of Team USA gymnastics shared on the balcony of one of their rooms in the Olympic Village on July 22, 2024.

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Home

Team USA gymnast Jade Carey showed off the exterior of the multi-story building where the U.S. athletes will call home for the duration of the games.

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Good Eating

Gymnast Simone Biles shared a video of her team’s first dinner together inside the village, as the ladies dined on pasta with sides of fruit for dessert.

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Home Sweet Home

The Texas native and four-time gold medalist showed off the interior of her room in the village.

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Bedtime

Yes, the athletes really are sleeping on beds made of cardboard with a mattress on top, as Simone showed in a photo with her roommate, Jade Carey.

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More Bare

Here’s what the beds looked like before sheets and blankets were put on as the athletes moved in.

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Stylin’

Simone and her teammates proudly posed in their tracksuit uniforms.

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It’s On!

The three-time Olympian shared a mirror selfie inside the locker room of the team’s training facility at the village.

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Mickey D’s!

There’s a McDonalds in the village if the athletes are craving fast food, which U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles shared in an Instagram Story.

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All Nations

Flags from around the world lined the Olympic Village, as members of the U.S. Women’s gymnastics team took a stroll.

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Plenty of Room

The entrance to the main dining hall is huge!

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Team Spirit

Competitors from Team Germany posed inside the Olympic rings inside the athletes’ village on July 23, 2024, with the tall housing complexes seen behind them.

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