The Olympic rings will remain on the Eiffel Tower

2024-08-31 21:33:24

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Saturday, August 31, 2024, that the Olympic rings will “remain on the Eiffel Tower” after the Paralympics. However, it did not specify how long the five rings that hung from the iconic monument in the French capital early last June would remain in place. “EAs Mayor of Paris, the decision rests with me and with the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). So yes, they will stay at the Eiffel Tower,” she explained in interview Awarded to “Journal de l’Ouest France”.

new ring, Same big but lighter»will be fixed« ASAP » On the iron tower, currently in place is ” too heavy ” fall” resist sustainably“, continues Anne Hidalgo. The Socialist MP also said that he would like to install a ” symbolic place » In Paris, statues of ten French women appeared on the Seine during the Olympic opening ceremony. ” This is the main avenue leading to Saint-Denis and the Cathedral of the King of France,” she explained.

And the basin?

If Anne Hidalgo also reiterates her desire to see the Olympic cauldron, then ” An inseparable object of the Paris Olympics“,” was held in the Tuileries Gardens, but the decision rested with the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, as the site is state property.

A few days after the end of the Olympic Games (Sunday 11 August) and the opening of the Paralympic Games (last Wednesday 28 August), the mayor of the host city is also happy for the French ” Fall in love with Paris again » On the occasion of this event. ” Paris will never be the same againshe assured, before recalling the Games’ legacy in the capital, which includes open water swimming in the Seine, which should be approved in some places by the summer of 2025.

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