After Anne Hidalgo, it was Pierre Rabadan's turn to speak out on the Paris City Hall's plan to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower. The deputy for Sports, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Seine confirmed to theAFP that the idea had been launched and was already moving forward concretely. The Olympic Games are also a symbol of peace, of fraternity and, whatever one may say, the Paris Games will have marked the history of the city and probably the history of the Olympic movement., stressed the former rugby player. We are not defacing anything. We are going to add a powerful symbol to this iconic structure and this historic Parisian monument. ". Pierre Rabadan confirmed that a technical study was currently being conducted with the IOC to replace the current rings, which are too heavy to withstand winter winds, with a lighter structure. It is financed by the IOC, which could also pay for the new rings. Finally, the deputy mayor of Paris specified that the future rings would sometimes be covered, in particular when the Eiffel Tower carries a message incompatible with the neutrality of the Olympic symbols. The idea is that they are visible when we want them, but sometimes they can be less so. " explained Pierre Rabadan.
