The Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 formally got here to an finish with the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games on September 8. Throughout greater than six weeks of pleasure and inspiration, Samsung Electronics and its industry-leading expertise improved the Video games-time expertise like by no means earlier than.
Maintaining true to a ‘Video games Broad Open,’ Samsung unlocked new views and infinite prospects for athletes and followers with Galaxy improvements throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Video games.
Samsung Newsroom revisited some unforgettable moments from the Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 to see how Samsung’s spirit of ‘Open at all times wins’ was dropped at life.
Successful Smiles: 293 Victory Selfies Taken
The brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version helped athletes seize and share lifelong reminiscences at Paris 2024 by the introduction of the Victory Selfie — permitting medalists to create a visible reminiscence guide from their very own perspective for extra personalised photographs as a substitute of those historically taken by accredited media.
▲ (From left) Adam Peaty of Staff Nice Britain, Nicolo Martinenghi of Staff Italy and Nic Fink of Staff USA take a Victory Selfie after competing within the males’s 100-meter breaststroke swimming competitors. (Picture by Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu / Getty Photographs)
▲ (From left) Tune Xiao of Staff Folks’s Republic of China, Saysunee Jana of Staff Thailand and Beatrice Maria Vio Grande of Staff Italy pose for a selfie within the combined zone after the wheelchair fencing ladies’s foil class B medal ceremony. (Picture by Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Photographs)
Significant Connections: Practically 17,000 Athletes Acquired the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version
Completely designed for the Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024, the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version was a success amongst athletes as they related with household, associates and followers in new methods. The primary-ever Olympic Version powered by Galaxy AI, the machine supplied a full suite of options and customised providers that elevated the athletes’ expertise and helped them have a good time camaraderie past the competitors.
▲ Staff South Africa takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Picture by Samsung)
▲ Staff France takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
Powered by Galaxy: Virtually 15,000 Galaxy Gadgets Utilized by Organizers
Employees and volunteers, the spine of Video games-time operations, stored the Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 working with a group of practically 15,000 Galaxy units — together with greater than 7,100 Galaxy smartphones, 2,500 Galaxy Tab sequence tablets and 5,200 Galaxy Guide sequence laptops. The Galaxy ecosystem’s seamless integration helped ship a clean expertise for athletes and followers in attendance.
▲ Employees and volunteers use Galaxy Guide laptops within the again workplace at Place de la Concorde. (Picture by Samsung)
Nearer Than Ever: A New View of All of the Motion With 250+ Smartphones, 360 Days of Testing and Over 100 Experts
Samsung opened the Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 to thousands and thousands of followers watching from all over the world. In collaboration with the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS), greater than 200 Galaxy S24 Extremely smartphones have been put in on the boats used within the Olympic Video games opening ceremony on the Seine River and the crusing competitors in Marseille. Footage was transmitted by Orange by a newly put in, non-public 5G community and introduced followers nearer to the thrill.
▲ A Galaxy S24 Extremely is positioned on the bow of Staff Nice Britain’s boat throughout the opening ceremony on the Seine River. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
▲ A Galaxy S24 Extremely is put in on the boat of Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie of Staff New Zealand as they compete within the males’s skiff 49er class at Marseille Marina. (Picture by Phil Walter / Getty Photographs)
Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung Expertise Pop-Ups: Lifelong Reminiscences for More Than 380,000 Guests Across the World
Athletes and followers loved Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung pop-up experiences throughout Paris (Champs-Elysees 125, Sq. Marigny and Village Plaza) in report numbers. Greater than 380,000 guests skilled the newest Galaxy improvements firsthand and discovered how Samsung’s expertise advanced with the Olympics for nearly 4 many years.
Followers received an opportunity to satisfy their heroes with shock drop-ins from some Staff Samsung Galaxy athletes at Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung l Sq. Marigny and galvanizing “Chats with Staff Samsung Galaxy” classes at Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung l Champs-Elysees 125.
As for athletes, they have been capable of bask within the Olympic spirit on the Samsung expertise pop-up area on the Olympic and Paralympic Village, uncover how the newest Galaxy AI on their Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version might assist them benefit from their Paris 2024 expertise, and indulge within the iconic pin buying and selling custom, as among the lifelong reminiscences they may take house with them.
▲ Followers and guests line as much as enter Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Champs-Elysees 125. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
▲ (From left) Staff Samsung Galaxy members Johanne Defay, Sunny Choi and Karam Singh pose for their very own Victory Selfie at Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Champs-Elysees 125. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
▲ Staff Samsung Galaxy athletes pose collectively for a bunch image after visiting Samsung expertise pop-up area on the Olympic and Paralympic Village. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
A New Spin on Custom: Extra Than 350,000 Samsung Olympic Video games Pins Distributed to Fans and Athletes
Samsung Olympic Video games Pins really took over the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung pop-up experiences as followers of all ages traded pins with each other and took half in a historic custom. A testomony of the wonderful spirit of unity that took over the Metropolis of Lights this summer time, the enjoyment witnessed was really heartwarming as followers collected keepsakes that may ceaselessly remind them of those Video games vast open with Galaxy.
▲ Followers at Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Sq. Marigny take part within the Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp Problem. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
