Closed since September 2020 due to the health crisis linked to Covid-19, sports halls, fitness, 5-a-side football, 3 x 3 basketball, climbing and swimming pools have finally been able to reopen their doors to their hundreds of thousands of members.
After successive confinements and 8 months of waiting, Parisians rushed into the city's basins and into gym classes with equipment, mats and suitable equipment.
In the Episod gym, near Place de la République (Paris Xe), customers had reserved their time slot and many expressed their joy in finding the atmosphere, the coaches, appropriate support and group energy. . Mariam who returns to do weight training even lets out an "I'm moved" when asked how she feels on this particular day. At the Lagadu swimming pool (Paris, 11th), the pool quickly became full at lunchtime "It gives me an incredible feeling of freedom" says Lucie at the edge of the pool, who is not a regular swimmer, but who had wanted to swim for months.
The gauges have been adapted to 50% of the workforce and "only contactless practice is authorized indoors, while respecting physical distancing
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can be read on the government website.