Around 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals will be on display at the Monet Museum as around 11,000 frantic and stressed athletes continue to prepare around the world for the 2024 Paris Olympics in just over three months. It is securely stored in various vaults at de Paris. Mint – Elite who wins gold, silver and bronze if he comes 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the event He is waiting to grace three frames.
It wasn't always like that. The first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896, awarded silver and bronze medals to the top two athletes. This was fundamentally different from the ancient Olympic Games in Greece, where only the winners were celebrated.
In a late 19th century reboot, La Monnaie de Paris produced medals. “At that time, Monet de Paris was producing Greek coins,” explains Dominique Antelion, curator of the exhibition. gold, silver, bronze Later, he will talk about the history of Olympic medals at La Monnaie de Paris.
“In other words, making Olympic medals was more or less the same thing.”
And to highlight Monet's place in Paris in the genesis of an era inspired by Frenchman Pierre de Courbettin, the exhibition boasts the first Olympic medal designed by Chaplain Jules Clément. Masu.
“We have two tools, two molds, to make the front and back medals,” Anterion proudly added.
The medal of American triple jumper James Connolly, the first Olympic medal winner, is on display along with five gold medals brandished by Finland's Paavo Nurmi, nicknamed “Flying Finn” for his exploits at the 1924 Paris Games. Decorating items. Middle-distance races.
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