An iconic a part of Olympic historical past, pin buying and selling is a sport of its personal in some ways. The observe dates again to the 1896 Athens Olympics when wood badges of assorted colours have been used to establish officers and athletes on the first fashionable Olympic Video games. Buying and selling started within the Olympic Village on the 1924 Paris Olympics the place athletes began to alternate pins as an indication of worldwide friendship. At this time, pin buying and selling has develop into a basic a part of the Olympic and Paralympic Video games expertise.
▲ Samsung Electronics’ Rio 2016 Olympic Video games Pin promotion options 22 Olympic Video games sport-themed pins, in addition to eight Rio de Janeiro themed pins and a Rio 2016 embellished pin board.
Samsung Electronics put a brand new spin on a long-standing custom on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 with the Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Masters Problem, one among some ways the corporate is opening the Olympic Video games expertise to all.
Followers are invited to affix a number of Galaxy AI-powered challenges on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung pop-up experiences throughout Paris (Champs-Elysees 125, Sq. Marigny and Village Plaza) for an opportunity to gather 16 specifically created pins — together with the extraordinarily uncommon Golden Pin — and develop into a Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp.
Produced from recycled aluminum from Galaxy smartphones, the 16 revolutionary and extremely collectible Samsung Olympic Video games Pins have been designed by French illustrator Jean André. Eleven Traditional Pins characterize 4 Olympic sports activities — breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and browsing — and 4 Paralympic sports activities — blind soccer, para athletics, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. As well as, there are 4 Particular Pins with three-dimensional Parisian landmarks and the Golden Pin.
Every Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp who collects all 16 pins will obtain a brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 and an opportunity to win a round-trip bundle for 2 to attend the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
▲ Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp Ben Choi exhibits off his pin board on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Sq. Marigny. (Photograph by Samsung)
Samsung Newsroom interviewed 4 Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Masters of Paris 2024, 8-year-old Ben Choi visiting from the US, 12-year-old Thomas Tamarelle and 13-year-old Noahm from France.
Choi, from California, achieved this feat at his first-ever Olympic Video games — however it’s not the primary for his household. Changhwan Kim, Choi’s great-grandfather, competed on the Olympic Video games Tokyo 1964 as the primary Olympic fencer from South Korea. Ari Kim, Choi’s mom, attended the Olympic Video games Seoul 1988 when she was six.
▲ Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp Ben Choi poses along with his mother and father in entrance of the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Sq. Marigny. (Photograph by Samsung)
The Olympic Video games Paris 2024 marks Choi’s first time gathering pins. His aim was to take residence the brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 — a mission the younger boy achieved by turning into a Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp.
“I’m actually excited,” mentioned Choi. “The challenges have been enjoyable, particularly the skateboarding recreation and the AI drawing workshop. The Golden Pin is my favourite.”
As he and his household benefit from the archery, handball, fencing and swimming competitions through the the rest of the Olympic Video games in Paris, Choi hopes to gather extra pins — “if my mother lets me!”
▲ Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp Thomas Tamarelle shows his pin board on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Sq. Marigny. (Photograph by Samsung)
Thomas additionally received fortunate throughout his first Olympic Video games which he attended along with his dad. He started gathering pins for the primary time as a result of he “actually loved the completely different video games and challenges on the Samsung pop-up expertise.”
Successful the Galaxy Z Flip6 was an sudden bonus.
“I’m enthusiastic about my new Galaxy Z Flip6 as a result of it flips,” mentioned Thomas. “I additionally love the Sketch to picture function.”
▲ Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp Noahm poses along with his sister Leyna on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Champs-Elysees 125. (Photograph by Samsung)
As for Noahm, who visited the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung three days in a row to gather all of the pins, it’s a complete household affair. Noahm is perhaps the primary to finish the problem, however they definitely don’t intend to cease there. “Leyna and pa are subsequent!” If she wins, Leyna hopes to maintain her new Galaxy Z Flip6 for when she grows up, and plans to lend it to her grandpa.
How did Noahm attain that aim in such a brief period of time? By buying and selling in fact. “I met this one who had simply received the final pin I used to be lacking, the Arc de Triomphe, and requested her if I may commerce it for 10 of mine.” Sensible transfer.
The Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Grasp Problem will proceed in Paris by September 8.
