Australian Olympic Committee President Ian Chesterman has defended the decision to boot athletes out of the Olympic village before the conclusion on the games.

Chesterman said the altered policy for the upcoming Paris Olympics would give all Australians athletes the best chance of success.

Click PLAY to hear the full interview with Shane McInnes on The Olympics Today

“The Olympics are becoming more sustainable so the athletes village is smaller (in Paris),” he said on The Olympics Today podcast.

“We’ve asked athletes competing later in the Games not to come in until later so those athletes competing (early in the Olympics) will have the best possible chance (of success).”

Nine Radio is your home of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – you won’t miss a moment on air and online from July 27.

Image: Daniel Carson/Getty