President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee Emmanuelle Assmann at the entrance of the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles, northern France on Aug. 25, 2024. AFP via Getty Images The torch getting passed to the next runner in Coquelles. AFP via Getty Images
Not only that, but usually 10,000 to 12,000 torches are made for the Olympic Games, which was reduced to 2,000 this year for environmental purposes.
The torches are also made with a new and innovative technique using ecological recycled steel, known as XCarb.
ArcelorMittal, the steel and mining company that designed and manufactured the torches, has offered a look into the process behind the 2024 Olympic Torches, Rings and Agitos.
They created three videos exploring the concept, manufacture and installation of each element.
Franck Wasilewski, project manager for the torches, said: “We can sense when a material has a history.
“So, the fact that we’re taking recycled steel, which already has a history, which was perhaps a car, and then all of a sudden, it’s been taken over, recast, reshaped and that it looks different again, that’s an integral part of the essence of this torch.”
Over the course of four-day torch relay from Aug. 25 to 28, some 1,000 Forerunners will have carried the Paralympic flame to 50 cities throughout France.
The relay started on Aug. 25 in Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympics.
French Paralympic athlete Helios Latchoumanaya with the torch at Rock en Seine music festival, in Saint-Cloud on Aug. 25, 2024. Photo by ANNA KURTH/AFP via Getty Images Torchbearer Michel Boudon holding the flamein Fontainebleau on Aug. 27, 2024. Xinhua/Shutterstock Actor Jackie Chan carrying the Paralympic torch in Paris on Aug. 28, 2024. AP
Unlike the Olympic flame, several Paralympic flames can shine alongside one another, reflecting the unique features of the Paralympic movement .
Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Paris 2024 Torch added: “Working on the torch for Paris 2024 was an opportunity to create something that is both a work of art and a symbol of progress.
“It’s been a privilege to bring this vision to life in collaboration with ArcelorMittal.”
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