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In the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which will start this coming Friday, each Olympic medal will be embedded with an original piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower. You might be asking yourself, “But how? Did they cut iron from the tower for this?” The answer is yes and no. While they didn’t cut anything from the tower in preparation for the games, during the 20th century, modernization work was done on the Eiffel Tower’s elevators. As a result, parts of the tower were removed and carefully preserved over time. Now, those parts will find a new home within the medals themselves.

In the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which will start this coming Friday, each Olympic medal will be embedded with an original piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower. You might be asking yourself, “But how? Did they cut iron from the tower for this?” The answer is yes and no. While they didn’t cut anything from the tower in preparation for the games, during the 20th century, modernization work was done on the Eiffel Tower’s elevators. As a result, parts of the tower were removed and carefully preserved over time. Now, those parts will find a new home within the medals themselves.

https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-medals-how-metal-from-eiffel-tower-was-incorporated?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0aNJ9U2iQmoK1dCAB6jqGUd6T0Fad6LGxCei3CCHJrjREwMIT4WZYOnos_aem_IyH25SsGiOnEM402sopvxw