THE Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralymic Games Paris 2024 unveiled its new emblem Monday.

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.

The emblem embraces the shape and color of the most beautiful medal of all to express one of the core values of sport: striving for excellence.

The Olympic and Paralympic flames always conjure up special memories. The flame invites us to dream, to engage and to come up with new ways of staging the Olmypic and Paralympic Games.

Finally, Marianne. 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 an homage to female athletes and a nod to history, as it was in 1900 at the Olympic Games in Paris when women were first allowed to compete.

International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission Chair for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, 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. I believe this innovative design will be quickly recognized around the world and be a wonderful calling card for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.”

(SD-Agencies)