The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals were displayed.
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The 5,084 medals that will be awarded to athletes at this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will include an original piece in the shape of a hexagon taken from the Eiffel Tower, organizers announced on On 8 February as they unveiled the design created by Chaumet.
It was a challenge taken up by Chaumet, the expert jewellery maker known worldwide for their astonishing creations.
An original piece of the Eiffel Tower will be included in the medals awarded to athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A hexagonal piece of iron has been taken from the French capital's most emblematic monument, representing the image of the city. It will be an original piece that will be placed in the centre.
In keeping with tradition, the medals are gold, silver and bronze. However, unlike any of the approximately 36,600 medals that have been awarded since Athens 1896, the first modern Olympic Games, these will each be adorned with a small piece of Paris and a symbol of the country of France: the Eiffel Tower.
The decision came from a desire to make these objects unique and singular, as Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, explains.
“There was a huge amount done to try to bring together these precious metals - gold, silver and bronze - with the most precious metal in the Eiffel Tower, the jewel in the French crown. So, what’s specific about the 2024 medals is that meshing together, that fusion, that alloy…”