The much-awaited Olmypic Games are set to happen in Paris this 12 months from July 26 to August 11. After their wonderful present on the Asian Games in Hangzhou final 12 months, the Indian athletes are anticipated to shine on the Olympics as effectively by profitable loads of medals. The revolutionary medal designs had been unveiled on the Paris 2024 Headquarters on Thursday (February 8) and the medal winners will take a bit of France and its historical past again dwelling this time.
The Olympic medals are being inlaid with a chunk of Eiffel Tower, essentially the most emblematic monument in France. A hexagonal, polished piece of iron taken from the long-lasting landmark is being embedded in every gold, silver and bronze medals that the athletes will win later this 12 months on the Olympic and Parlympic Games.
Eiffel Tower is 330 meters (1,083-foot) tall and is made of 18,038 iron elements. The historic monument has witnessed two Games held in Paris earlier than in 1900 and 1924. The iron items of this tower are being embedded on the heart of the Olympic medals and the load of every of them is eighteen grams. Interestingly, the iron items used are reduce from girders and different bits that had been swapped out of the Eiffel Tower throughout renovations and saved for safekeeping, reveals Joachim Roncin, head of design on the Paris Games organizing committee.
“The concept came after a few discussions. We realized that there’s one symbol known across the world, which is the Eiffel Tower. We said to ourselves, Hey, what if we approached the Eiffel Tower Operating Co. to see if it’s possible to get a bit of the Eiffel Tower to integrate into the medal?'” The firm agreed, and “the dream became reality. It’s really a bit of metal from the Eiffel Tower,” he stated.
The items have been stripped of paint, polished and varnished and stamped with “Paris 2024” and the Games brand. At the identical time, the 5 Olympic rings are additionally stamped on the iron of the medals. For the Paralympic medals, brand of three swooshes, often known as the Agitos, is stamped on the medals. Meanwhile, Paris may also grow to be the one host metropolis to embody the chunks of a historic monument on the medals.Â
“Having a gold medal is already something incredible. But we wanted to add this French touch and we thought that the Eiffel Tower would be this cherry on the top. Having a piece of it is a piece of history,” Roncin additional added.
