Solidarity continues even in the sports environment. While France is suffering the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, the sports infrastructure supposed to house the French champions will be made available to help the most vulnerable and store medical products.
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INSEP and FFT mobilized
Among them, sports centers like the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP) next to the Bois de Vincennes. The ministry announced the availability of 69 rooms and 101 beds to accommodate caregivers, but also Covid-19 patients in the healing phase, or even the homeless. The French tennis federation (FFT) has also mobilized via its national training center, next to Roland Garros, and has released around sixty beds.
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Racing 92 makes its stadium available
In La Défense (Hauts-de-Seine), the U Arena, the largest modular room in Europe, provides a space of 1,000 m2 to accommodate possible patients, with sanitary beds. "We are in conditions of optimum comfort for carers," says Jacky Lorenzetti, president of Racing 92 and owner of the premises. "We have the space and the infrastructure to receive patients if necessary," he continues. "It is an honor for us to make this gesture."
But for the moment, the provision of the U Arena in La Défense is only a proposal. This will have to be studied by the Regional Health Agency and the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture in order to decide whether it is necessary to use, or not, the grounds of the Ile-de-France rugby club.
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