Here's the emblem for 2024 Paris Olympics — a combination of 3 symbols

The Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 has unveiled its new emblem in host city Paris on Monday. 

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It was revealed following an innovative launch ceremony, which saw over 700 runners – led by Olympic and Paralympic medallists including Renaud Lavillenie, Nantenin Keita and Sarah Ourahmoune – run different routes around the centre of Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis, forming the outline of the Paris 2024 emblem. The emblem was then revealed in full on a giant screen at the Grand Rex cinema in Paris at 08.24 pm. 

A combination of three symbols

According to reports, the emblem embraces the shape and colour of the most beautiful medal of all to express one of the core values of sport — striving for excellence. The new design brings together three iconic symbols connected to sport, the Games and France – the gold medal, the Olympic and Paralympic flames, and Marianne. 

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A statement on olympic.org describing the three symbols said, "The flame invites us to dream, to engage and to come up with new ways of staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It reflects the unique energy of the Games, which bring people together and drive solutions forward.  With its feminine traits, the Paris 2024 emblem pays tribute to a woman who is a French national symbol known around the world. She embodies the revolutionary spirit that infuses the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. She encapsulates the desire to bring the competitions out of the stadium and into the heart of the city. A familiar figure who is everywhere in the everyday lives of French people, she is also a reminder that these Games will be Games for everyone, Games that will belong to the people. Her face is also a homage to female athletes and a nod to history, as it was in 1900 at the Olympic Games in Paris that women were first allowed to compete."

This will be the first time that the emblem for the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games will be the same. In a statement, Coordinator for the Paris Olympic Games Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant said, "I congratulate Paris 2024 on the launch of their new emblem. It perfectly reflects their vision and desire to put people at the heart of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The combination of the gold medal, the Olympic flame and Marianne brings together the values, history and French touch that will make these Olympic Games truly special."

The Paris Olympics are scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

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