With just over 600 days to go before the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024, a huge tribe of little Phrygian caps, called THE PHRYGES [ free-jes ], is arriving in France!
The Paris 2024 mascots are small Phrygian caps which embody a strong symbol of liberty for France and the world. As the Paris 2024 Games approach, the Phryges are joining the people of France for a new revolution: a revolution of sport!
By choosing a mascot with a visible disability, Paris 2024 also aims to provide people with disabilities with as much visibility as possible, boldly promoting the Paralympic and sporting values of inclusion.
An international symbol of liberty worn by freed slaves in Rome and appearing on many different emblems in North and South America alike, the Phrygian cap, also known as the liberty cap, has also become one of the symbols of the French Republic.
Today, it represents a common reference for French people:
in art (as a metaphor for freedom), within French institutions symbolic of the Republic, worn by Marianne in every town hall and it even features on everyday objects such as coins and stamps.
A fine tactician, it is the smart one of the bunch. As a true mathematician, he never plunges into anything without deliberation. Her methodical mind and charming charm will surely make you want to exercise more every day!
To create an original mascot that inspires and connects, the Paris 2024 creative team began looking for powerful symbols. Then I had to give it form, character and personality.
It took a lot of creative collaboration to evolve the Olympic and Paralympic mascots from their original concept.
In the different sports versions, care has been taken to make the gestures for each sport as dynamic and realistic as possible. creative
The challenge was to make each area recognizable while respecting the silhouette and original shape of the Phrygian hat.
To stay true to the sport, the creative team had to work on every aspect of the character, choosing every move, as well as choosing the right graphic representation for the gear used in each sport.
The first character to appear as an unofficial mascot was the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics. It was a ski man named Shuss. For the first time, characters were transformed into various objects.
Keychains, magnets, watches and even an inflatable version!
Wardi the colorful dachshund was the first official mascot of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Since then, the mascot has become the Olympic Games’ most popular and memorable ambassador.
The mascot first appeared in Arnhem at the 1980 Paralympics :Two squirrels.
Tignes-Albertville in 1992, the first mascot of the Paralympic Winter Games was born with Alpy, a small mountain where he practiced alpine paraskiing.
