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PRESSRELEASE

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BEFORETHEPARALYMPICGAMES,PARIS2024UNVEILSTHEOLYMPICANDPARALYMPICPODIUMS

OnThursday,May23,lessthan100daysbeforetheOpeningCeremonyofthefirstParalympicGamesorganisedinFranceinsummer,theParis2024OrganisingCommittee,withthesupportofProcter&Gamble,WorldwideOlympicandParalympicPartner,revealthepodiums,theultimatesymbolsofperformance,showcasingthecreativityofParis2024.

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ThevisualsoftheParalympicpodiumandtheOlympicpodiumfortheParis2024Games,aswellasapresskit,areavailableviathislink.

TonyEstanguet,PresidentofParis2024andtripleOlympicchampion,BéatriceDupuy,PresidentandGeneralManagerofProcter&GambleFranceandBenelux,WorldwideOlympicandParalympicPartner,accompaniedbyAlexisHanquinquant,ParalympicchampioninParatriathlonandoneofthesixFrenchathletessupportedbyProcter&GambleFranceanditsbrands,weregatheredatPulse,theheadquartersofParis2024,aroundthisiconicobjectthatfuelsthedreamsofathletesworldwide.

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THEPODIUM,THECULMINATION

FORTHEGAMES'ATHLETES

Thepodiumistheultimatesymbolofperformanceandcelebration.ForOlympicandParalympicathletes,steppingontothepodiumisanachievement.Itistheconclusionofalongjourney,atestamenttotheirsportingachievement,andamomentthatremainsetchedintheirmemory.

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BypartneringintheproductionofthepodiumswithParis2024,Procter&Gamblerea?irmsitscommitmenttosupportingathletes'performanceandpreparationfortheseGames.

Since1932andtheOlympicGamesinLakePlacid(winter)andLosAngeles(summer),thepodiumhasbeenanintegralpartofthevictoryceremony.

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ADESIGNINSPIRED

BYTHEWORKOFGUSTAVEEIFFEL

Paris2024wantedtocreatecontinuitybetweenthemedalandthepodium,thesetwosymbolsofperformancethatdefinetheidentityoftheGamesandtheprideofthehostcountry.ThedesignoftheOlympicandParalympicpodiumspodiumsisdirectlyinspiredbythemetallaceoftheEi?elTower,whichisalsofoundinotherGustaveEi?el’sworkssuchasthebridges.Thelinesandcurvesthatadorntheirfa?adeareanextensionofthemetalarchesthatmaketheworkofGustaveEi?eluniqueanditsassociationwithParisandFranceworldwide.ThegraysurfaceofthepodiumreferstothefamousParisianrooftops,takingthemedalliststotheskiesaboveParisinasymbolicway.Thechoiceofsobercolors(grayando?-white)andasleekdesignaimstoharmonisethepodiumwiththecolorfulandfestiveLookoftheGames,aswellasthecolorsoftheo?icialuniformsofeachdelegation.

Aninitialillustrationisprovidedwiththevisualaccompanyingthisunveiling,featuringthreeParalympicathletesfromtheFrenchTeam(MandyFran?ois-ElieandCharles-AntoineKouakouinParaathletics,SolèneSacheinParaswimming)wearingtheoutfitthattheFrenchathleteswillwearonthepodium,signedbyLeCoqSportif,O?icialPartneroftheParis2024Games.

Themodulardesignofthepodiumswithinterlockingmodulesfordi?erentconfigurations(individualorteamOlympic/Paralympicevents)allowsforalimitednumberofpodiumstobeproduced(68podiumsintotal).

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PARALYMPICPODIUM:

SAMEDESIGNANDSINGLELEVEL

DesignedwiththesameconceptastheOlympicpodium,aconstantsincethe2012LondonGames,theParalympicpodiumstandsoutforitssingle-levelconfiguration.Thegoldmedallist(s)standsinthecenter,behindaraisedfacade.Alateralrampwithaslightincline(5%)facilitatesaccessibility.

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MANUFACTUREDINFRANCEUSINGFRENCHWOODAND100%RECYCLEDPLASTIC

Fromdesigntomanufacturingandassembly,thepodiumsreflectParis2024'scommitmenttopromoting"MadeinFrance"andtheexpertiseoflocalFrenchcompanies.Thus,thepodiumsaremadefromFrenchwoodand100%recycledplasticinFrance.Thetransformationofthisplasticintopanelswasdonebyasocialandsolidarityeconomy(SSE)enterprisebasedinSeine-Saint-Denis,leadingtotheproductionofthewoodenstructureandassemblybyenterpriseslocatedin?le-de-France.

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AMODULARSYSTEM

IndividualPodium

Podiumgrandeéquipe

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IndividualPodium

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KEYFIGURES:——

68

OLYMPICANDPARALYMPICPODIUMS

(45OLYMPICPODIUMSAND23PARALYMPICPODIUMS)

TYPESOFMODULESTOCOVER

ALLCONFIGURATIONS

(INDIVIDUALANDTEAMEVENTS)

685

MODULES((640+45REPLACEMENTMODULES)PRODUCEDINTOTALDURINGTHEOLYMPICANDPARALYMPICGAMESPERIOD

MODULESUSEDFOR

THESHORTESTPODIUM

(INDIVIDUALEVENT),

MEASURING4METERSLONG

MODULESUSEDFOR

THELONGESTPODIUM

(FOOTBALL),

MEASURING40METERSLONG

45KG

AVERAGEWEIGHTOFAMODULE

20cm

HEIGHTOFTHE

PARALYMPICPODIUM

(LEVELHEIGHT)

35cm

HEIGHTOFTHE

OLYMPICPODIUM

(GOLDMEDALISTLEVEL)

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TONYESTANGUET,

PRESIDENTOFPARIS2024

?Steppingontothepodium,foranathlete,isamomentofpride,emotion,andultimateconsecration.Themedalisplacedaroundtheirneck,andinaninstant,thedreambecomesareality:theyenterthegrandhistoryoftheGames.WithProcter&Gamble,aWorldwideOlympicandParalympicPartnersince2010,wearedelightedtounveilthepodiumsoftheParis2024Games.Theirdesignfollowsinthecontinuityofourmedals,incorporatingapieceoftheEi?elTower,drawinginspirationfromtheworkofthegreatFrencharchitectGustaveEi?el,whoselinesandcurvesmakeituniqueworldwide.Withthesepodiums,manufacturedinFranceusingFrenchwoodand100%recycledplastic,weprovideathleteswithatruestagewheretheywillproudlystandandrepresentthecolorsoftheircountries,infrontoftheentireworld?

BéATRICEDUPUY,

PRESIDENTANDGENERALMANAGEROFPROCTER&GAMBLEFRANCE

?At100DaystoGototheParis2024ParalympicGames,onbehalfoftheProcter&Gamblegroup,IamincrediblyproudtosupportoneoftheexceptionalprojectsofParis2024:thepodium.Andparticularlyproudfor2reasons.Thispodiumis'MadeinFrance',whichisimportanttousbecausewehavebeenproducinginFranceforover50years.Secondly,thepodiumistheultimatesymbolofperformanceandtherecognitionofthesportachievementsofallathletes.AsaglobalpartneroftheOlympicandParalympicGames,wehavebeensupportingtheperformanceoftheseeverydaychampionsfo