Paris 2024: IOC Launches Nursery For Baby Olympians

Paris 2024: IOC Launches Nursery For Baby Olympians

Precious Oham

For the first time in the history of the Olympic & Paralympic Games, the Paris 2024 Olympic Village will include a nursery, a space for athlete parents to spend time with their babies and young children during the Games, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

The International Olympic Committee, IOC, has announced that its leading brand Pampers will be supporting the first-ever Olympic Village nursery during Paris 2024. 

According to the IOC, P&G will provide more complimentary services and products to athletes than ever before at the Olympic and Paralympic Village. 

This includes, for the first time in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, supporting a nursery within the Olympic Village, which will provide a comfortable and convenient environment for athlete parents to spend time with their babies and young children during the Games. 

With support from P&G’s Pampers brand, the Olympic Village nursery will offer access to high-quality nappies and wipes, while also providing a space for playtime and family bonding.

The nursery, which forms part of an ongoing commitment from the IOC and IOC Athletes’ Commission to ensure that parent athletes are cared for and supported at the Games, will be conveniently located in the non-residential area in the Olympic Village Plaza, and open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

IOC Athletes’ Commission Chairman, Emma Terho said: "Many athletes are balancing their sporting careers and family. I know how this feels as I competed at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games as a mother with a young child. 

"Pregnancy and motherhood don’t have to mean a career end for female athletes. I am very grateful for the strong support of P&G from the first day our Commission put forward the suggestion. It is very helpful for both parents and infants to be able to spend time together, especially at such an important moment in an athlete’s sporting life. This nursery allows that to happen, while also allowing athletes to focus on the Games."