On February 8, the medals for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were presented at the headquarters of the Organizing Committee of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. This has been reported Official website of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
“We wanted to gift a piece of the Eiffel Tower to all athletes who won medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. “This is the combination of the most valuable metals (gold, silver and bronze) with the Eiffel Tower, the most valuable metal and treasure in our country,” he said. Tony Estangue, chairman of the games organizing committee.
As Estangue explains, the decision stemmed from the desire to make these objects unique and inimitable.
The center of the Olympic medal is made of metal taken from the Eiffel Tower. The awards will be produced by the national mint.
The Olympic Games will start in Paris on July 26, 2024.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been suspended from international competitions since March 2022 due to a special military operation on Ukrainian territory. Such a decision was made in line with the recommendations of the IOC regarding the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians from any international competitions.
Previously Latvia’s statement on the ban on tournaments with Russians named “The end of world sport”