Workers in northern Italy are laying down the purple athletics track at the Olympic Stadium in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. More than 1,000 rolls of track will be used, requiring about one month's work and 2,800 pots of glue. Mondo, the company providing the track, has been doing so since the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal and aims to continue its success in Paris.
The purple athletics track at the Olympic Stadium is being installed, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris , April 9, 2024.in northern Italy and workers have been laying them down at Stade de France, the national stadium hosting track events.Getting down on their hands and knees, and with their hard hats on, they patiently and meticulously unfurl each strip before hammering a nail in to keep it in position.
Mondo has provided the track at every Summer Games since Montreal in 1976, and the company hopes to do even better in Paris. New generation granules are more elastic and cohesive, while multiple algorithms create a more optimal shape and dimension for the air cells inside the track, reducing energy loss and thereby improving performance.
Expect more records to fall at the Stade de France, said Alain Blondel, the sports manager overseeing athletics events at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics. “The first indications are that it will be a very, very good track,” said Blondel, a former Olympic decathlete. “If we see athletes with personal bests on the scoreboard, it means we did a good job. They will come into their best form, best shape of their life."“That’s one of the colors of the Games that we have with, blue green," Blondel said. “The rubber itself is a perfect quality, the best quality. I’m pretty confident that we will have something exceptional in this stadium.
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