Paris 2024 medalists to take piece of Eiffel Tower home
Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will be rewarded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower unveiling the event’s medals which are set with hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap metal from the monument.
Designed by jeweler Chaumet, the 18-gram hexagon tokens, representing the shape of France, are made of iron from past refurbishments of the Tower stored for years in a warehouse which location is secret. They sit in the center of the gold, silver and bronze medals, ringed with grooves evoking light rays bursting outward — drawn from a tiara design in Chaumet’s archives.
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. Paralympics medals feature a view of the Eiffel Tower from underneath, and are stamped with Paris 2024 in braille — homage to the Frenchman who invented it.
The 5,084 medals are produced by France’s mint, the Monnaie de Paris.
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Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will be rewarded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower unveiling the event’s medals which are set with hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap metal from the monument.
Designed by jeweler Chaumet, the 18-gram hexagon tokens, representing the shape of France, are made of iron from past refurbishments of the Tower stored for years in a warehouse which location is secret. They sit in the center of the gold, silver and bronze medals, ringed with grooves evoking light rays bursting outward — drawn from a tiara design in Chaumet’s archives.
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. Paralympics medals feature a view of the Eiffel Tower from underneath, and are stamped with Paris 2024 in braille — homage to the Frenchman who invented it.
The 5,084 medals are produced by France’s mint, the Monnaie de Paris.
REUTERS VIDEO
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00:00And here they are, they are shining with a thousand lights, we had to wait a little bit, these medals are beautiful.
00:20On the first page, which is called the CIO page, it's an atypical angle, but I think we all recognize it. We also wanted to write Paris 2024.
00:33Paris 2024 and LVMH are proud to present to you the Olympic and Paralympic Games medals of Paris 2024.
00:50Well distinguished, the Olympic medals that are here with this blue ribbon.
00:59So, composed in their hearts, from this piece to the end, so it's a nod, of course, to the idea I was telling you about.
01:19So on this Olympic side, we will find and on, of course, the Paralympic side.
01:28Medals that are made by the currency of Paris.
01:32During all this time, they trained to reach the Graal and for us to be up to it.
01:41The discipline will be engraved each time.
01:44And the heritage team to go diving.
01:49Thank you.