Olympic rings mounted on Eiffel Tower with 50 days to go until Paris Games • FRANCE 24 English

the countdown has officially begun less than 50 days to go until the start of the Paris Olympics this summer and for the occasion the Eiffel Tower got a makeover the Eiffel Tower and its rings are the signal that the games are about to begin gustavel and his team built this 300 M high tower in 1889 135 years later Engineers worked a ballet of ropes and ladders to assemble the Hoops bought them into place for parisians to wake up to images of Olympic rings almost floating in the air the Rings are made of steel recycled steel made from scrap metal it was rolled to make sheets that were cut welded and painted the Rings were assembled in 11 pieces they were first assembled on the ground that’s what steel construction is all about and then last night we mounted them the Eiffel Tower is expected to be a centerpiece of the Olympics it’ll be on every Podium inside every medal and highlights of the opening ceremony two stadiums are being erected at its feet to welcome the Beach volley events as well as Judo and wrestling competitions and French officials are embracing the Olympic Spirit these Olympic rings Mark the unity of the world universalism it’s a symbol of athletes from all over the world who will soon be able to give the best of themselves and produce an extraordinary spectacle elsewhere in Paris preparations are still underway to welcome the expected 12 million visitors in the capital close to 2,000 construction projects are carried out for a total cost of over 4 billion

The Paris Olympics organisers on Friday unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games.
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