2024 Summer Olympics cauldron
| 2024 Summer Olympics Cauldron | |
|---|---|
_-_2024-07-27_-_18.jpg) 2024 Summer Olympics Cauldron at the Tuileries Garden | |
| Artist | Mathieu Lehanneur |
| Year | 2024 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| 48°51′46.35″N 2°19′45.42″E / 48.8628750°N 2.3292833°E | |
The 2024 Summer Olympics cauldron (French: La vasque olympique de Paris 2024) was made for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was designed by Mathieu Lehanneur and was lit by Guadeloupean judoka and sprinter Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec in the opening ceremony.
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 anchored in the middle of the Grand Bassin Rond (lit "Large Round Basin") to avoid flying off and is the first Olympic 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]
See also
- 2008 Summer Olympics cauldron
- 2010 Winter Olympics cauldron
- 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron
- 2014 Winter Olympics cauldron
- 2016 Summer Olympics cauldron
- 2020 Summer Olympics cauldron
References
- ^ Walsh, David (Jul 27, 2024). "What's special about Paris 2024's flying Olympic flame and how does it work?". EuroNews. Retrieved 29 Jul 2024.
- ^ Lee, Eleanor (2024-07-28). "Innovative Flying Olympic Flame Takes Centre Stage". Paris 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Vasavda, Mihir (2024-07-28). "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 2024-07-28.
- ^ Cooper, Gael (2024-07-26). "Is the Olympic Cauldron Flying With a Hot-Air Balloon? Here's Everything We Know". CNET. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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