Inside luxury ‘first-ever FLOATING Olympic Village’ only a handful of athletes will stay in for Paris 2024

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A HANDFUL of Olympic hopefuls will be staying in the first-ever “FLOATING” village ahead of the Paris 2024 Games.

The regular Olympic village in the French capital has come under-fire for the “anti-sex” cardboard beds.

It is where surfers in the 2024 Paris Games will stay[/caption]

Surfers will get their own proper non-cardboard beds[/caption]

Billy Stairmand of New Zealand surfs a wave during a training session[/caption]

Teahupo’o’s waves were deemed more dependable than the beaches in mainland France[/caption]

But a fortunate set of surfers will be staying over 10,000 MILES away on the south-western coast of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti.

It broke the Olympic record for the most distance between a medal competition and the host city – taking at least 21 hours to fly to.

They will be stationed at a village in Teahupo’o and staying on the luxury Aranui 5 ship – dubbed the “first-ever floating Olympic village”.

It features a Sky bar, dancing room, library, fitness room and spa.

Teahupo’o won the right to host the competition just before the pandemic, having hosted the World Surf League’s annual tour.

It was argued the waves would be more dependable than the beaches in mainland France.

Regular Olympians will be sleeping in a dorm-room-style hub but the 48 surfers will have their own rooms on the ship.

Much has been made of the recyclable cardboard beds in Paris – which were first introduced for the delayed Tokyo Games in 2021.

This is where the 48 Olympic surfers will be staying[/caption]

Surfers are staying on the south-western coast of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti[/caption]

They will get proper beds to sleep on[/caption]

It is almost 10,000 miles away from the regular Olympic village[/caption]

There is a bar on board[/caption]

But surfers on the ship will get a good night’s rest in proper beds.

The Paris Olympic Village on the ground spans parts of three cities: Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen and L’Ile-Saint-Denis.

It will host 15,000 people, including 10,500 athletes, and equates to the size of 70 football pitches.

This year’s Olympic Village is the single most expensive project in Paris with £1.7billion being spent, including nearly £550million of public funds.