Plans to build an athletes village at the University of Warwick for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been given the go ahead by Warwick District Council.

The university announced in August 2020 that it had been chosen to house nearly 2,000 athletes during the games this July after £500million plans to create a purpose-built village in Birmingham were pulled.

The 1.8 hectare village in Warwick will be in place for 28 days with a temporary gym, clinic, screens from the public, security fencing and two recreational buildings built on the campus.

Athletes will be roomed in student accommodation.

Competitors will be hosted at the campus alongside two other athletes villages, at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel and the University of Birmingham.

The athletes village at Warwick will be built for this July, as Coventry and Warwickshire gets ready to host rugby sevens, judo, wrestling, lawn bowls, para bowls and cycling road race events.

Lisa Dodd-Mayne, director of sport and active communities said: "The University of Warwick is ideally equipped to welcome athletes from all over the Commonwealth to come as they prepare to train and compete in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

"We have a fantastic array of sports facilities, accommodation and conference facilities, so the athletes can make sure they are refreshed and prepared for when they want to train.

"We know that when athletes come to the Commonwealth Games they need to be prepared and ready, they need to have everything in one place and it is our job to make things as easy as possible for them to be ready to compete."

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