Posted by Akbar on September 9, 2011
The Olympics have a long history, from their origins in ancient Greece to the modern-day games held in host cities throughout the world. Olympic village is a residential apartments for the players, coaches and their officials built for an olympic games. They are usually built in the host city of olympic games. Rooms are allotted to athletes and their officials only, no body other than officials can enter in the olympic village during games. Press and media have also no permission of entrance in the village.

It is a city in itself, with entertainment, food, medical facilities and other facilities. It looks like a house, where participants live as a family members. Family members of players are not allowed to room there. he dorm-style rooms that were on display to the press in the Olympic Village this week aren’t necessarily indicative of all the housing, some rooms are more luxurious than others, but with a smaller square footage. Two to six people can stay in these rooms. Olymic Village is a process that begins a year in advance. There’s a village staff whose job it is to allocate the different spaces in the village to the teams.

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