Apart from the main prize – the coveted Olympic medal – athletes who stand on the podium in Paris receive a gift that viewers find difficult to identify.
What is in the box given to the medal winners?
At the medal ceremony of the 33rd Summer Games, the top three finishers in each discipline are presented with a small, rectangular cardboard box. It is about 40 cm long and contains the official poster of the 2024 Olympic Games..
The poster unveiled in March was designed by French illustrator Ugo Gattoniwho designed a poster for the Olympic Games and another for the Paralympics, which will be held in the French capital at the end of August and beginning of September. The two posters together make up “one big story,” say the organizers of the Paris Games.
Posters that “tell the story of Paris 2024”
The colorful, detailed posters Imagine the entire city of Paris as a stadium where the games take place – Illustrations that are “full of symbols” and contain “stories within stories,” says Joachim Roncin, design director of the 2024 Olympic Games. “I wanted to tell the story of Paris 2024,” Roncin said in an interview with Olympics.com, “so that it gives an overview of the whole project and takes sport out of the sports arenas.”
According to Gattoni, inspiration didn’t take long to arrive after he was confirmed as the illustrator of the posters at a meeting at the Paris 2024 offices.”I immediately had an idea,” he told Olympics.com. “I came home to the studio here and on the way back I already had the stadium in my head.”
Check out the Paris 2024 posters:
Where can I get the Olympic and Paralympic posters?
Unless you happen to be one of the athletes who won a medal at the Paris Games, You can buy the posters online in the official Olympic ShopThey cost $31 each..
What else will the medal winners of Paris 2024 get?
After each medal ceremony The top three in each Olympic discipline will receive a plush toy in the shape of the Paris 2024 mascot, Phryge.Depending on the color of the medal won, a gold, silver or bronze medal is sewn into the mascot’s stomach. The word “Bravo” is also embroidered into the Phryge.
Additionally, Athletes receive a certificate known as the “Olympic Diploma”which is also awarded to participants who finish between fourth and eighth in each discipline.
There are also prize money to be wonIn April, World Athletics announced that each winner of a track and field event at the 2024 Olympic Games will receive $50,000.
In the meantime, The national Olympic committees also offer financial incentives: For example, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee pays its team members $37,500 for each gold medal, $22,500 for each silver medal, and $15,000 for each bronze medal.
