As an official partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, ArcelorMittal has manufactured the torches for the Olympic and Paralympic relay, the giant Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower and the Paralympic Agitos. Aligned with Paris 24’s ambition that this year’s event be the most sustainable ever, all have been manufactured at our operations in France with XCarb® recycled and renewably produced, low-carbon emissions steel.
The Place de l'Étoile, arguably the most famous roundabout in Europe, has long been a visual spectacular for the 110,000 vehicles that cross it daily. But motorists that enter it from the 28 June via one of the 12 grand avenues that act as entry points will have an additional sight to behold as overnight the Paris 2024 Paralympic Agitos were revealed to the world, adorning its central landmark the Arc De Triomphe!
Each Agitos arc weighs one and a half tonnes and measures seven by three metres, with the whole structure coming in at 12 by nine metres. The front faces of the three arcs are coloured red, blue and green – these are the three colours most widely represented in national flags around the world. In the evening and night, the three arcs will be illuminated using an external digital mapping lighting technique.
'The Agitos is the iconic symbol of the Paralympic Games. It is a great honour to have been entrusted with manufacturing something that will be on display to Parisians – and to the world – for the duration of the Paralympics.'
Prof Pierre Engel,
The engineer who masterminded the project to produce and erect the Agitos