The 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron (French: Chaudron des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d'été de 2024) was made for the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. It was designed by Mathieu Lehanneur and was lit by two Guadaloupeans – judoka Teddy Riner and sprinter Marie-José Pérec – in the Olympic opening ceremony, and by Alexis Hanquinquant, Nantenin Keïta, Charles-Antoine Kouakou, Fabien Lamirault and Élodie Lorandi in the Paralympic opening ceremony.
| 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics Cauldron | |
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_-_2024-07-27_-_18.jpg) The cauldron at the Tuileries Garden | |
| Artist | Mathieu Lehanneur |
| Year | 2024 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| 48°51′46.4″N 2°19′45.5″E / 48.862889°N 2.329306°E | |
In a tribute to the Montgolfier brothers, it has a hot air balloon-inspired design topped by a 30-metre-tall helium sphere, and is allowed to float into the air above the Tuileries Garden at night.[1] The cauldron is attached to a wire-like conduit anchored in the middle of the Grand Bassin Rond (lit "Large Round Basin") to avoid flying off and is the first Olympic and Paralympic cauldron to light up without the use of fossil fuels.[2] Instead of the cauldron being illuminated via combustion, the flames are simulated via a ring of 40 computerised LEDs and 200 high-pressure water aerosol spray dispensers.[3][4] During the games, the cauldron has become a popular landmark and petitions have been launched to make it a permanent fixture.[5][6]
References
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- ^ Lee, Eleanor (28 July 2024). "Innovative Flying Olympic Flame Takes Centre Stage". Paris 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Vasavda, Mihir (28 July 2024). "40 LED lights, a cloud of water-vapour for illumination, 200 high-pressure misting nozzles: How flying cauldron of Paris Olympics is lit up". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Cooper, Gael (26 July 2024). "Is the Olympic Cauldron Flying With a Hot-Air Balloon? Here's Everything We Know". CNET. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympic cauldron could stay permanently".
- ^ "Flame-free Olympic cauldron becomes hot ticket at Paris Games". France 24. 29 July 2024.
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