{"id":26977,"date":"2024-02-09T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/eiffel-tower-souvenirs-await-2024-paris-olympic-victors"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:09:25","slug":"eiffel-tower-souvenirs-await-2024-paris-olympic-victors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/eiffel-tower-souvenirs-await-2024-paris-olympic-victors","title":{"rendered":"Eiffel tower souvenirs await 2024 Paris Olympic victors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will take home a piece of the Eiffel Tower as revealed by the event organisers on Thursday during the official unveiling of the event\u2019s medals.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Paris Olympics are slated for July 26-August 11with a total of 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs (National Olympic Committees) set to compete.<\/p>\n<p>The medals which are set with hexagon-shaped tokens will be forged out of scrap metal from France\u2019s most iconic monument.<\/p>\n<p>Creative director of the Paris 2024 Games, Thierry Reboul noted that the idea was to link the Games with symbols of France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe absolute symbol of Paris and France is the Eiffel Tower. It\u2019s the opportunity for the athletes to bring back a piece of Paris with them,\u201d Reboul said during the unveiling.<\/p>\n<p>The medals which were re-designed by luxury jewelers Chaumet will weigh 18 grams whereas its hexagonal shape will represent the shape of France.<\/p>\n<p>The iron used in the medals was taken from the tower during past refurbishments and then stored for years in a warehouse whose location remains secret.<\/p>\n<p>The piece sits in the centre of the gold, silver and bronze medals, ringed with grooves evoking light rays bursting outward \u2013 drawn from a tiara design in Chaumet\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n<p>The back of the medals features the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, charging forward, with the Acropolis to one side and the Eiffel Tower to the other.<\/p>\n<p>Paralympics medals feature a view of the Eiffel Tower from underneath, and are stamped with Paris 2024 in braille \u2013 a homage to the Frenchman who invented it (Louis Braille). The 5,084 medals are produced by France\u2019s mint, the Monnaie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will take home a piece of the Eiffel Tower as revealed by the event organisers on Thursday during the official unveiling of the event\u2019s medals. 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