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The Hélitas Stadium is located in the city centre, among unique landscaped grounds. The track and jumping pits were fully renovated in 2018, using “gold” Tartan to bring the stadium up to international standards.

The Henry Jeanne Sports Park is in an incredibly scenic location near the botanic gardens. Renovated in 2006, the stadium offers an excellent practice area and seating capacity for 3,444 spectators. Its location, close to a wide range of other facilities (hotels, restaurants, pool, etc.), makes it the ideal place for preparatory training. With the area’s cultural and historic heritage and its proximity to the coast, there are plenty of options for rest and recovery.

The Intermunicipal Sports Centre, located 1 hour 30 minutes from Paris, features a large multisports hall plus several adjoining rooms including 1 gym, 1 multisports room, 1 meeting room, 1 dedicated climbing area, and 1 gymnastics studio. The centre is housed in a new, welcoming building.

Sotteville-lès-Rouen is home to Normandy’s only IAAF-approved athletics track. It has hosted a top-30 international meeting every year since 1986. It hosted the 2004 French Athletics Championships and the 2007 French Disability Sport Championships. The resident club has competed at the highest level in France for 25 years and is involved in the Olympic Solidarity programme. It could play an important supporting role for delegations, including the provision of medical services.

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The Joseph Guillemot Stadium, located 1 hour 30 minutes from Paris, boasts brand-new facilities that opened in 2019, plus a hockey pitch that was fully renovated in 2017. The complex is situated close to local amenities, including a shopping centre, restaurants, a hotel, a sports hall and a pool.

The Julien Lebas Sports Centre was extended and fully renovated in 2014. It is situated close to the Pays St-Lois aquatic centre (which has a gym) and the urban park (with compact golf course), and is just a short distance from the town centre (amenities nearby).  It is the ideal place for Olympic and Paralympic athletes to prepare for competition.

The Kindarena Sports Centre, less than 1 hour from Paris, was opened in September 2012. It is a modern facility suitable for high-level athletes across a range of disciplines. The centre has hosted various official competitions, including international tournaments in handball (Golden League, 2017 World Championship), tennis (Davis Cup matches), volleyball (World League) and basketball, plus French championships in gymnastics, judo, table tennis, badminton and other sports. With outstanding hosting and training facilities plus various additional spaces (meeting room, team leader’s office, storage facility, etc.), it is the ideal place for Olympic and Paralympic athletes to prepare for competition.

The La Charrière Sports Complex is a modern facility open to all users. It is situated around 10 km from Cherbourg’s airport, ports and train station. With various sporting facilities and adjoining spaces, it is the ideal place for Olympic and Paralympic athletes to prepare for competition. The sports complex has a perimeter fence, and security guards can easily be stationed at the access points.   

The complex, located 2 hours 30 minutes from Paris, 10 minutes from the centre of Le Havre and 15 minutes from the coast, is home to France’s oldest rowing club. It is a regular training base for many international rowers. In 2016, the French Women’s Rowing Team held its final training camp at the complex before the Head of the River Race in London. The complex is designed for elite athletes. It is practical, easy to access, and provides ideal rowing conditions whatever the weather. 

The Les Coteaux Gymnasium is located in Argences, 2 hours from Paris and 20 minutes from Caen. The facility, which opened in 2017, includes a dojo and a climbing wall. In addition to indoor pursuits, there is also a training facility nearby (athletics track, indoor and outdoor pitches and courts) and an aquatic centre. With all these sports facilities located so close together, the gymnasium is the ideal place for athletes to prepare.