Finally ! The President of the Republic is inaugurating the Olympic Aquatic Center (CAO) this Thursday, which will host the diving, artistic swimming and part of the water polo events during the Paris Olympics. Finally, because the wave-shaped building placed in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) opposite the Stade de France will have long been a real sea serpent.
Indeed, for almost twenty years, the subject of large-scale aquatic installations north of the capital had become recurrent. A real comedy rehearsal. Originally, with a view to Paris' candidacy for the 2012 Games, a super structure was to splash Aubervilliers with its grandeur with five pools including one outside and 15,000 seats in the stands. We will pass over the various political quarrels and technical problems linked to the feasibility of the project…
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