Brian McDonald
Organizers of the Paris Olympic Games on Friday unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower, as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Olympics. Summer games.
The ring structure, made from recycled French steel, was displayed on the south side of the 135-year-old landmark in central Paris, overlooking the River Seine. Each ring is 30 feet in diameter.
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Thousands of athletes will parade through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine along a 6-kilometer route at the sunset opening ceremony on July 26.
Iconic locations
There will be no shortage of iconic locations at the Paris Olympics.
The tower, nicknamed La Dame de Fer (The Iron Lady), will have a prominent place in from July 26th to August. 11 Paris Games and the following Paralympics.
Men’s and women’s volleyball players will compete at the foot of the 330-meter (1,083-foot) monument. They will be watched by almost 13,000 fans at the temporary Eiffel Tower Stadium on the nearby Champ de Mars, where Parisians and tourists like to picnic on the grass or watch the fireworks on July 14.
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Paris’ Olympic and Paralympic medals are being encrusted with pieces of a hexagonal piece of iron taken from the tower.
The hugely popular landmark in central Paris has seen increasing numbers of visitors ahead of the 2024 Games.
Two huge cranes were used overnight on Friday to hoist the 30-ton structure and assemble it between the first and second floors of the tower.
The Olympic rings will be lit every night with 100,000 LED lamps across the Paralympic Games which begin on August 28, 17 days after the Olympics closing ceremony.
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The Paralympics will bring together 4,400 athletes from 180 countries in 549 events and 22 sports. Many sports will take place near landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Grand Palais.
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