Can a Drink Hurt My Running Performance 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be sipping an ice-cold adult beverage in the city’s peak summer months. Only VIPs will have the privilege of watching their favorite sporting events with a nice glass of champagne or a beer, reports Reuters.

According to a Paris 2024 spokesperson, the organizers of the Games did not seek exemption from the 1991 Evin’s Law, which bans alcohol from being sold to the general public in French stadiums.

You Can Crack a Cold One at These Races Olympic Games didn’t seek permission to serve at the global competition. “Paris 2024 will be organizing more than 700 competition sessions over 15 days of competition,” the spokesperson said. Meaning, the law itself would have to change for the everyday real-life viewer to be able to buy a cognac or a glass of wine.

The sale of alcohol was also banned at the Tokyo Olympics We Dont Know the Olympic Team in These 3 Events pandemic, the whole world watched the Games from their couches with their own spirits at hand. Reuters notes that beer and wine were both available for purchase at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, which took place in London and Rio de Janeiro.

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Kells McPhillips is a health and wellness journalist living in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Runner's World, DAA Industry Opt Out, Well+Good, Fortune, Shape, and others.