The Biggest Sporting event in the world “Paris Olympics” is all set to start from 26th July 2024 – 11th August 2024.
Indian team who did pretty well in last Olympics where they bagged 7 medals including 1 Gold Medal from Javelin Star Neeraj Chopra. He will be expected to replicate the same performance in the upcoming event.
Other Sporting disciplines including the likes of Badminton, Wrestling and Hockey is where India is expected to churn out more medals.
Here in this article, we will talk about 5 Unsung Facts about the Upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 in detail:
1. Hat as Official Mascot for Paris Olympics: We have seen in last few Olympics, mascot including the likes of Tiger, Bear and Pandas were the first choice for Olympics.
This time around for the upcoming Paris Olympics, Hat known as “Phrygee” translated as “Freege” will be new official mascot.
These hats were worn by French Thinkers and revolutionaries and also used in French Coins and stamps. It is also marked as the symbol of freedom.
2. Youtuber Jake Paul to train with US Men’s Boxing Team: Jake Paul, popular youtuber announced, that he will be collaborating with US Boxing team for the upcoming marquee event.
It will be fun thing to witness as his collaboration will generate more anticipation among fans.
3. Olympic Medals will comprise of Iron which were once part of Original Eiffel Tower: This year Olympic medals holds a significant relevance in the Parisian history.
Each Olympic medal will comprise of Iron which was originally infused in the Eiffel Tower which was built for 1889 world flair.
In order to create these medals. Olympics recruited Chaumet, French Luxury jewellery maker infuse 18 grams of iron from Eiffel Tower into other materials made from Gold, Silver and Bronze.
All the athletes who are part of Olympics and Paralympics will be bagging these medals after winning the marquee event.
4. Paris Metro has been equipped with over 3,000 translation devices: As we know that thousand of visitors will be there at Paris and their language is different, so French language will be translated in 16 different language including the likes of English, Arabic, Mandarin, Korean and others with text will be appearing so that visitors can listen and understand it all levels.
All these languages will be translated by Handheld AI devices.
5. US is expected to win more Medals in the upcoming Sporting Event: Paris Olympics, is round the corner so the anticipation around it will be which country will bag the maximum medals in the upcoming event.
Nielsen’s Gracenote, who is famously known for supplying statistics for International Sports leagues, stated that US with 39 gold medals and 129 overall in 329 events will stand at the top.
They will be followed by China with 35 Gold medals and 89 overall.
