Artefacts
Paris 2024, official sample of the athletic track.
The official sample of the athletics track, in a light purple colour, is placed on a wooden base and accompanied by a baton bearing the Look and emblem of the Games. Caption: ‘Official sample / of the athletic track / of Paris 2024 / No. 7’. The base rests in a cardboard box bearing the Look and emblem of the Games. Inside is the pictogram of athletics with the caption: "For nearly 70 years, MONDO athletics tracks have accompanied / Olympic and Paralympic athletes through all the emotions / of the biggest sporting event in the world. / The Stade de France's athletic track designed specifically by MONDO / for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games allow athletes to have complete / control over their stride length, rhythm and balance. / Symbol of competition, fellowship & boldness, we are pleased to offer / you a piece of this track as a memory of all the emotions we share over / the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.".
cardboard, wood, metal
white, multi coloured, pink
8.7 x 33.2 x 18.4 cm, 1'179 g