The Olympics in Paris will be one of the most important sporting events of 2024, and the organizers have come up with an interesting decision regarding the medals that will be awarded to the winners.
Medals of the 2024 Olympic Games, decorated with fragments of the famous Eiffel Tower
As in any competition, the best athletes will be awarded medals.
On the obverse side of the 5,084 medals, the iron hexagon of the Eiffel Tower with the Paris-2024 logo emits rays modeled in the metal of the award. The reverse features engraved figures of the goddess of victory Athena Nike, the Panathenaic Stadium and the Acropolis, imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to which the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee received exclusive permission to add the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower. .
The sports discipline for which the medal is awarded is indicated on the award’s margins.
The President of the Organizing Committee (COJO), Tony Estanget, explained during the medal presentation on Thursday that the idea of the Eiffel Tower was “unanimous” and he thanked the Paris City Hall, the Society of the Eiffel Tower. , led by Jean-Francois Martins, for offering unused parts of the Eiffel Tower.
“To win a medal is to win a piece of history, and this Olympic medal is part of France, part of our heritage.” Martin Fourcade, president of the athletes’ commission at COJO, a former Olympic champion, said on Thursday.
The 18 grams of the Eiffel Tower included in each medal were recovered from the wreckage of the Iron Lady during the monument’s renovations and stored in a secret hangar on the outskirts of Paris.
Each medal has a diameter of 85 mm, a thickness of 9.2 mm, different weights, gold 529 grams, silver 525 grams, bronze 455 grams.
Chaumet Jewellery, owned by LVMH, a premium partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, developed and designed the medals in its workshops on Place Vendôme.
A connoisseur of special orders and prudence, Chaumet, born in 1780, created unique pieces for emperors, queens, maharajahs, actresses, dancers, but never sports medals.
The Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11, and the Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 8.
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