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Paris 2024: The gifts that athletes competing in the Olympic Games receive
Upon arrival at the Olympic Village, the Olympic Games organization provided a welcome kit to the athletes who will participate in the sporting event.
Photograph of the village where the teams for the 2024 Olympic Games are staying. (Photo Prensa Libre: EFE)
The Paris Olympic Games are just under 72 hours away from officially starting. The organization has planned a huge opening ceremony where there will be a parade of several boats on the waters of the emblematic Seine River where all the delegations of the participating countries will be present.
Although the official opening will not take place until Friday, July 26, athletes from the 206 participating countries have landed in the French capital to get settled in the Olympic Villagea place that will become their home for the next few weeks of their competitions.
The Guatemalan delegation has not been an exception and a few days ago the Guatemalan Olympic Committee (COG) also shared who were the first athletes to settle in the village.
With the arrival of the athletes in Paris, details have gradually been released about the facilities where they will stay as well as the gifts they received from the organization.
It is no secret that the organizers of the Olympic Games strive to provide the best possible service to all the athletes who attend each edition of the sporting events, and for a couple of years now it has become a tradition to provide the main protagonists (the athletes) with A welcome kit which includes several gifts.
This kit was personally delivered to each athlete from each delegation (including the Guatemalan one, of course) upon their arrival at the Olympic Village, and as has been observed, it contains several striking elements that have even gone viral on social networks such as TikTok.
One of the first to share the contents of her welcome kit was Mexican Ana Paula Vázquez (archery), who told her followers about the organization’s gift to the athletes through social media.
This was later confirmed as the official Instagram account for Paris 2024 athletes (@athlete365) also showed what the kit includes.
Contents of the welcome kit for athletes
As can be seen in the images, the welcome kit contains two bottles with the logos of two of the main sponsors of the Olympic Games, as well as hygiene items such as hand soap, a belt, toothpaste, deodorant and hairspray.
However, the most striking thing for everyone was the personalized Samsung-branded phone with an Olympic theme that was given to each athlete.
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