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The decision to forgo air conditioning in the athletes’ rooms in the Olympic Village in Paris had been made with the noblest intentions: to save the planet from the climate emergency.
But after receiving a slew of complaints and pivoting to allow national delegations to reserve mobile air conditioning units at their own expense, the organisers in Paris are facing accusations of creating a two-tier Games.