The organisers of the Paris Olympics are set to take the keys for the athletes' village on Thursday a day ahead of schedule, reinforcing growing confidence that they will be ready for the Games.
An inauguration ceremony at the sprawling site in northern Paris will see President Emmanuel Macron attend as guest of honour, alongside chief organiser Tony Estanguet and a smattering of French athletes.
The roughly 40 low-rise tower blocks will house around 14,000 people over the course of the Olympics, which kick off on July 26, and another 9,000 during the Paralympics afterwards.
The handover target of March 1 for the crucial piece of Olympics infrastructure has been respected, demonstrating that France was "capable of delivering on time", an advisor to Macron told reporters this week. "Deadlines have been met despite the complexity of the site...