- The Olympic Village’s sports facilities are first class
- Paralympic stars have access to state-of-the-art equipment
- AI is being incorporated into sports programs through a phone app
When it comes to the Paralympic Games, nothing has been left to chance as athletes from around the world seek gold medal glory at the Paris Games.
And thanks to official supplier Technogym, world sports stars couldn’t be in better hands when looking for top-of-the-line gym equipment and professional expertise to improve their fitness.
As with the Olympic Games, the facilities in the athletes’ village are second to none.
From approximately 1,200 pieces of equipment to a team of certified athletic trainers, the pursuit of physical excellence awaits you.
And in a sign of the times, artificial intelligence (AI) has played a major role as modern stars look to produce the performance of their lives.
The gym’s smart equipment is connected within the Technogym ecosystem, allowing athletes to access their personal sports training program via the Technogym smartphone app.
“We are very proud to be the official and exclusive supplier of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Nerio Alessandri, President and Founder of Technogym.
‘At Technogym we work every day to create the most innovative digital products and technologies to help athletes around the world improve their performance and achieve their goals.
Paralympic athletes have access to elite gym facilities as they go for gold in Paris (pictured inside the Olympic village)
From approximately 1,200 pieces of equipment to a team of professional sports trainers, the pursuit of physical excellence is just a workout away.
Olympic athletes (pictured) praised the facilities which are also available to Paralympic stars from around the world.
Paralympic athletes can use AI to access athletic training programs both on the team and via their smartphone in the Olympic Village
Swimmer Tom Gallagher delivered Australia’s first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games when he won the 50m freestyle S10 final
‘The Games represent, above all, a unique platform to share our commitment to spreading the culture of well-being, sport and health throughout the world.’
This comes after swimmer Tom Gallagher delivered Australia’s first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to cap a remarkable comeback from a near-fatal bout of pancreatitis.
Gallagher, 25, won the men’s 50m freestyle S10 final at a packed La Defense Arena to take first place with a finishing time of 23.40 seconds.
He held off a chasing group that included his Australian teammate Rowan Crothers, who finished the race with bronze.
Gallagher’s gold and Crothers’ third place took Australia’s medal total in the pool to four on the first day in Paris, following an earlier silver for Lakeisha Patterson and a bronze for Brenden Hall.
The success was especially gratifying for Gallagher, who finished with a bronze in the 400m freestyle S10 in Tokyo, but his pancreatitis caused him so much pain that he was unable to take his place on the podium.
“To be the first gold medal of the competition means a lot to me,” Gallagher said.
‘In Tokyo I was a different athlete, I had a lot of medical problems with my pancreas, so after the 400m, I ended up in the hospital for about a month and almost died.
‘Luckily, a few years ago I had surgery and everything was fixed, and now I can become a sprinter.
‘Pancreatitis is extremely painful, my heart rate went up to 240 bpm and all my internal organs started to shut down.
“I didn’t get to make the podium that night, but winning gold makes up for it.”