The clock reading
Welcome Team USA
continues to countdown at the entrance to the Stéphane-Diagana stadium.
In the lobby of the main building, Rocky Harris has a photo session in front of the giant portraits of gymnast Simone Biles and basketball player Lebron James.
Invited on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of Athletica, the new name of the CDFAS (Departmental Center for Sports Training and Animation) of Eaubonne, the president of the American Olympic and Paralympic Committee can smile: the work on the complex is nearing completion and the prestigious Team USA will be able to take up residence in brand new equipment next summer.
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At the head of a delegation that also included David R. McCawley, deputy chief of mission of the United States Embassy in France, Rocky Harris took an official tour of the site.
The opportunity to see the progress of the work and the changes made since the first arrival of the Americans in 2017. Even if the latter have since come “between fifteen and twenty times”, according to the manager.
“It feels like home,” he explains.
It meets all our needs.
It's really the best we can offer for athletes.
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