On the eve of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, athletes from the French swimming team including Léon Marchand trained at the Stade Aquatique Olympique de Vichy in Bellerive sur Allier.
It has already welcomed some of the world’s greatest swimming stars, including Florent Manaudou and Michael Phelps of the US swimming team. The most successful and medal-winning athlete in the history of the Olympic Games chose this aquatic stadium for training on the eve of the London Olympics. He exclaimed: “What a marvelous pool! *What a marvelous pool!
It was the first French aquatic stadium to feature all-stainless steel basins!
In keeping with the spa tradition in terms of functionality and theme, its architectural strength lies in the “diagonal of the water”, which starts at the entrance, runs towards the rotunda pool and its covered promenade, and ends in the blue dome, the highlight of the facility.
