Commonwealth Games 2022: What is an athletes' village really like?
Another batch - rugby players, wrestlers, judokas and bowlers - will be 20-odd miles away in Warwick, while the cyclists will be in London, where they will compete at the Olympic Park.
But the scale of an Olympic village dwarfs anything the Commonwealths can offer, even amid the worst of the pandemic restrictions.says. "When you see the numbers written down, it doesn't really make sense, but when you see 30 skyscrapers full of athletes… in Rio, they could fit three or four 747 jets in the dining hall. It's colossal."
"I remember, at the Paralympics, there was a McDonalds, which was free… free! It's always quite sad when you come out of it and actually have to pay for your food again. And there's normally a little bar as well." The withering stare wielded by Team Scotland chef de mission Elinor Middlemiss when asked how she would deal with any carry on in the village could neuter even the most emboldened of athletes - but not all are so easily cowed.
"Nobody breaks the rules… well, maybe they're a bit out of shape sometimes, but it's part of the fun," he says. "And, actually, some of my fondest memories in Gold Coast were us all watching the diving team. Going along to cheer them on, then nipping to the pub during the breaks, before heading back.
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