Don’t forget the agitos. This is, in essence, the IPC’s message to Paris City Hall following the declarations of Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of the capital, on her wish to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower. IPC spokesperson Craig Spence took advantage of the daily press conference organized with the Paris 2024 OCOG on Monday, September 2, to ask Anne Hidalgo to find a way to also keep the agitos, symbols of the Paralympic movement. They were hung at the end of June on the Arc de Triomphe, at the end of the Champs-Elysées. The agitos are very impressive on the Arc de Triomphe, explained Craig Spence. They probably won't stay there for long, but with the debate over whether the rings will stay on the Eiffel Tower, let's not forget that we're talking about two events, the Olympics and the Paralympics. I would love for there to be a place where the agitos can stay too. At every Games, we think about how the agitos can leave a legacy. In Tokyo, we worked with the metropolitan government to leave many of them in the capital as a memorial to the Games. In the current debate over where to place the rings, we should not forget the agitos, because the Paralympics were also held in Paris.. » In his interview with the daily Ouest-France, where she announced her decision to keep the rings on the Eiffel Tower, Anne Hidalgo also mentioned the cauldron installed in the Tuileries, specifying that the decision was not hers, the place being state property. But she did not mention the Paralympic agitos.
