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 know-how improved the Video games-time expertise like by no means earlier than.
Protecting true to a ‘Video games Large Open,’ Samsung unlocked new views and infinite potentialities for athletes and followers with Galaxy improvements in the course of 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 all the time wins’ was delivered to life.
Successful Smiles: 293 Victory Selfies Taken
The brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version helped athletes seize and share lifelong recollections at Paris 2024 by the introduction of the Victory Selfie — permitting medalists to create a visible reminiscence e-book from their very own perspective for extra customized photographs as a substitute of those historically taken by accredited media.
▲ (From left) Adam Peaty of Group Nice Britain, Nicolo Martinenghi of Group Italy and Nic Fink of Group USA take a Victory Selfie after competing within the males’s 100-meter breaststroke swimming competitors. (Picture by Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu / Getty Photos)
▲ (From left) Music Xiao of Group Folks’s Republic of China, Saysunee Jana of Group Thailand and Beatrice Maria Vio Grande of Group Italy pose for a selfie within the blended zone after the wheelchair fencing ladies’s foil class B medal ceremony. (Picture by Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Photos)
Significant Connections: Almost 17,000 Athletes Acquired the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version
Solely designed for the Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024, the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version was successful amongst athletes as they related with household, associates and followers in new methods. The primary-ever Olympic Version powered by Galaxy AI, the gadget supplied a full suite of options and customised companies that elevated the athletes’ expertise and helped them have a good time camaraderie past the competitors.
▲ Group South Africa takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Picture by Samsung)
▲ Group France takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photos)
Powered by Galaxy: Nearly 15,000 Galaxy Units 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 set of almost 15,000 Galaxy units — together with greater than 7,100 Galaxy smartphones, 2,500 Galaxy Tab collection tablets and 5,200 Galaxy E book collection laptops. The Galaxy ecosystem’s seamless integration helped ship a easy expertise for athletes and followers in attendance.
▲ Employees and volunteers use Galaxy E book 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 around the globe. 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 Group Nice Britain’s boat in the course of the opening ceremony on the Seine River. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photos)
▲ A Galaxy S24 Extremely is put in on the boat of Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie of Group New Zealand as they compete within the males’s skiff 49er class at Marseille Marina. (Picture by Phil Walter / Getty Photos)
Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung Expertise Pop-Ups: Lifelong Recollections 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 document numbers. Greater than 380,000 guests skilled the newest Galaxy improvements firsthand and discovered how Samsung’s know-how advanced with the Olympics for nearly 4 a long time.
Followers acquired an opportunity to fulfill their heroes with shock drop-ins from some Group Samsung Galaxy athletes at Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung l Sq. Marigny and provoking “Chats with Group Samsung Galaxy” periods 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 house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village, uncover how the newest Galaxy AI on their Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version may assist them benefit from their Paris 2024 expertise, and indulge within the iconic pin buying and selling custom, as a number of the lifelong recollections they may take house with them.
▲ Followers and guests line as much as enter Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Champs-Elysees 125. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photos)
▲ (From left) Group 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 Photos)
▲ Group Samsung Galaxy athletes pose collectively for a bunch image after visiting Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village. (Picture by Samsung / Getty Photos)
A New Spin on Custom: Extra Than 350,000 Samsung Olympic Video games Pins Distributed to Fans and Athletes
Samsung Olympic Video games Pins actually 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 actually heartwarming as followers collected keepsakes that can eternally remind them of those Video games extensive 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 Photos)