SYDNEY: Australia's Chef de Mission Anna Meares said on Wednesday (Apr 17) that while security was the first subject athletes raised with her about the Olympics, she had full confidence that Paris would put on a safe Games in 100 day's time.
The Olympics rings and the logos of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Games are pictured on the Pulse building, the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organizing committee, in Saint-Denis near Paris, France, on Mar 21, 2024. SYDNEY: Australia's Chef de Mission Anna Meares said on Wednesday that while security was the first subject athletes raised with her about the Olympics, she had full confidence that Paris would put on a safe Games in 100 day's time.
"Security is at the forefront of our planning, and it's a major priority for us, we trusted the organising committee and the French government will do a good job in providing a safe and secure games," Meares told reporters at the launch of the team's opening ceremony uniform at Clovelly beach. "I think that's just hypotheticals around situations should bacteria levels get to a level where it's not safe. At the moment it currently is," she added.Meares said that although there was still some work to do, she was confident Paris would put on a high quality Olympics.
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