Games organisers want to build larger judging tower on reefGroups outline ecological concerns before surfing event
Residents of the tiny Tahitian village of Teahupo’o say they are considering more protests to stop Olympic organisers building a three-story aluminium tower on a reef where the surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Games will be held.
Surfers around the world were thrilled when the perfect wave in front of Teahupo’o was chosen for the 2024 Games surfing event despite its location in French Polynesia, almost 16,000km (10,000 miles) from Paris. The idyllic lagoon-side village has long hosted some of the best contests on the professional World Surf League (WSL) tour, using a modest wooden tower for judges on the reef that is dismantled after every event.
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