The Champs de Mars park at the foot of the Eiffel Tower will host judo and wrestling during the Olympics. PARIS – The Paris Olympics have been designed to showcase the City of Light in all its splendour, with many events set to take place at some of its most iconic locations. AFP looks at five sites set to wow ticket-holders – and a global TV audience of billions – during the 17-day extravaganza starting on July 26.
Eiffel Tower The most famous of the Paris landmarks, the Eiffel Tower, will welcome one of the most popular Olympic events – beach volleyball. The action will take place in a temporary venue near the foot of the “Iron Lady”. The Champs de Mars park at the foot of the tower will host judo and wrestling.
Reviled by Parisians when it was unveiled in 1889 for the World Fair by engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower has since become the capital’s crown jewel. Besides being one of the world’s top tourist attractions, pulling in seven million visitors a year, it is also a working telecoms tower, used for radio and TV transmissions. Winners at the Paris Games will all go home with a small part of the iron colossus.
Each medal will contain an 18g crumb of original iron, removed during various renovations, melted down and reforged. Grand Palais A police boat patrols on the River Seine near the Grand Palais, 100 days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on April 17, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS Fencing and taekwondo battles will take .