Winners at this year’s #Olympics will be taking home a piece of the Eiffel Tower!
Hexagon-shaped pieces of iron sculpted from scrap metal from offcuts of the tower that dominates #Paris have been placed like gemstones inside 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals that will be awarded this summer.
#2024olympics #Paris2024
Hexagon-shaped pieces of iron sculpted from scrap metal from offcuts of the tower that dominates #Paris have been placed like gemstones inside 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals that will be awarded this summer.
#2024olympics #Paris2024
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00:00 Winners of this year's Olympics won't
00:02 just be going home with a medal,
00:04 they will be taking home a piece of France,
00:08 specifically a piece of this right here.
00:11 The Eiffel Tower,
00:12 a hexagon shaped chunk of the iron
00:14 dating back to its original 1889
00:17 version has been placed like a gemstone
00:19 in the center of the more than 5000
00:22 gold, silver and bronze medals,
00:24 and it's all held in place by rivets
00:27 that are meant to resemble the same
00:30 rivets on the Eiffel Tower and the
00:33 shape of the iron is meant to
00:35 resemble the shape of France.
00:37 It's all the design work of the 250
00:40 year old luxury watch and jewelry
00:42 brand show may really giving these
00:45 athletes something unique from Paris.