PARIS - Handball players Laura van der Heijden, Nathalie Hendrikse and Kelly Dulfer in the Olympic village of Paris prior to the start of the Games. The Olympic village covers 52 hectares and will be transformed after the Games into an environmentally friendly neighborhood for 6,000 residents with two schools, a hotel, a public park, shops and offices. At its peak, almost 14,500 people reside in the village, including 9,000 athletes from more than 200 countries. ANP REMKO DE WAAL