Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during this summer’s Paris Games
Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during this summer's Paris Games. Temporary facilities including grandstands are being built across the park, where up to 40,000 people are expected to attend the cross-country part of the event. The main arena will hold over 16,000 seated spectators for the dressage and showjumping competitions.
'We are working the ground very deeply to put some sand and drainage to make sure the cross-country track will be consistent and to be able to guarantee the safety of the horses and the riders,” she said. Pontoon bridges, tested last summer, will enable horses to cross the Grand Canal during the cross-country. Several water obstacles are being prepared. One newly created pond will have the shape of the royal lily, or fleur-de-lis, a symbol of the French monarchy.
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