Each athlete, successful for receiving the Olympic or Paralympic medals will find a piece of Eifel Tower metal on its heart.

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 center. The 5,084 gold, silver and bronze medals will have a six-sided metal medallion set like a precious stone. The medallion was designed by the elite French jewelers “Chaumet”. The Chair of the local organizing committee, Tony Estanguet, in statements collected by AFP highlighted: "We wanted to offer a piece of the 1889 Eiffel Tower to all the medalists of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games”. The decision came from a desire to make these objects unique and singular, as Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee, explains.

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