A few eagle-eyed fans would have noticed that medallists at the Paris Olympics 2024 are not only getting gold, silver or bronze medals to hang around their necks.
They also get a few special gifts to take home as well.
Olympics 2024: What’s in the box handed to Paris 2024 Olympics winners
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After the ceremony the medallists also receive a gold, silver or bronze mascot. They are made in France at the Doudou & Compagnie factory in La Guerche-de-Bretagne. Gold, silver or bronze medals are represented by the medal emblem sewn onto the mascot’s belly, by the colour of the trainers and by the text “Bravo” in French on the back of the Phryge.
What do the Paris Olympics 2024 medals look like?
An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? Games organisers revealed their revolutionary design in February.
A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow.
The Paris Mint manufactured 5084 medals – about 2600 for the Olympics and 2400 for the Paralympics. That is likely more than will be required. Some will be stored in case that medals need to reassigned after the Games, which can happen when medal-winners are subsequently stripped of the prizes for doping. Some go to museums. Any other spares could be destroyed.
The gold medals weigh 529 grams and are not pure gold. They are made of silver and plated with 6 grams of gold.
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The silvers weigh 525 grams.
The bronzes weigh 455 grams and are a copper, tin and zinc alloy.
The medals are 85 millimetres across and 9.2 millimetres thick.
They’ll come in a dark-blue box from Chaumet and a certificate from the Eiffel Tower Operating Co. that the iron pieces came from the monument. Paris organisers didn’t give a monetary value for the medals.
The medals for the Paralympics have a representation of what the Eiffel Tower looks like from below. The words ‘Paris’ and ‘2024′ are written in universal Braille. For athletes with visual impairments to differentiate between the medals, dashes are engraved on the edge: I for gold, II for silver and III for bronze.
Hear it as it happens with live commentary of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on GOLD SPORT & iHeartRadio, plus comprehensive coverage on Newstalk ZB.
