Medals awarded in the 2024 Paris Olympics contain a unique tribute to the host city: metal from the Eiffel Tower.

Six small clasps that hold the iron pieces in the medals are a wink at the 2.5 million rivets that bind the Eiffel Tower together. Around the iron pieces are disks of gold, silver or bronze.

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medalists will bring home not only gold, silver or bronze, but a small piece of the iconic Eiffel Tower itself.

A chunk of iron from the Eiffel Tower has been embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal at this year's Summer Games in the City of Light. Athletes who win medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics ...

The organizers of the 2024 Games in Paris have announced that this year's Olympic medals will be made with bits of the Eiffel Tower, embedded inside the gold, silver and bronze.

The Paris 2024 Olympic medals are pictured on Feb. 8, 2024. A hexagonal, polished piece of iron taken from the iconic Eiffel Tower landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal ...

The gold, silver and bronze medals awarded at the 2024 Paris games will contain a hexagon-shaped piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower. By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly • 02/08/24 5:31pm ...

Six small clasps that hold the iron pieces in the medals are a wink at the 2.5 million rivets that bind the Eiffel Tower together. Around the iron pieces are disks of gold, silver or bronze.

Mr. Estanguet said the iron used in the medals will be recycled fragments from the Eiffel Tower’s original 1889 construction that had been sitting unused in a warehouse after renovation work.

The addition of the Eiffel Tower adds something special to a story the athletes will be telling for a lifetime. "We are also sending a message on the importance of circularity," Grenon said.

A hexagonal, polished piece of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games ...