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.
Conserving true to a ‘Video games Extensive Open,’ Samsung unlocked new views and infinite potentialities 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 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 via the introduction of the Victory Selfie — permitting medalists to create a visible reminiscence ebook 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. (Photograph by Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu / Getty Photographs)
▲ (From left) Track 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 girls’s foil class B medal ceremony. (Photograph by Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Photographs)
Significant Connections: Almost 17,000 Athletes Obtained the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version
Solely 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 system provided a full suite of options and customised providers that elevated the athletes’ expertise and helped them rejoice camaraderie past the competitors.
▲ Group South Africa takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Photograph by Samsung)
▲ Group France takes a selfie with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version at Olympic rendezvous @ Samsung | Village Plaza. (Photograph by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
Powered by Galaxy: Virtually 15,000 Galaxy Units Utilized by Organizers
Workers and volunteers, the spine of Video games-time operations, saved the Olympic and Paralympic Video games Paris 2024 operating with a set of practically 15,000 Galaxy gadgets — together with greater than 7,100 Galaxy smartphones, 2,500 Galaxy Tab sequence tablets and 5,200 Galaxy E book sequence laptops. The Galaxy ecosystem’s seamless integration helped ship a clean expertise for athletes and followers in attendance.
▲ Workers and volunteers use Galaxy E book laptops within the again workplace at Place de la Concorde. (Photograph 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 hundreds of 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 via a newly put in, non-public 5G community and introduced followers nearer to the joy.
▲ A Galaxy S24 Extremely is positioned on the bow of Group Nice Britain’s boat throughout the opening ceremony on the Seine River. (Photograph by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
▲ 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. (Photograph 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 file numbers. Greater than 380,000 guests skilled the most recent Galaxy improvements firsthand and realized how Samsung’s expertise developed with the Olympics for nearly 4 many years.
Followers bought 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” classes at Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung l Champs-Elysees 125.
As for athletes, they have been in a position to bask within the Olympic spirit on the Samsung expertise pop-up area on the Olympic and Paralympic Village, uncover how the most recent Galaxy AI on their Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version may assist them take advantage of their Paris 2024 expertise, and indulge within the iconic pin buying and selling custom, as a few of the lifelong recollections they are going to take house with them.
▲ Followers and guests line as much as enter Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Champs-Elysees 125. (Photograph by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
▲ (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. (Photograph by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
▲ Group Samsung Galaxy athletes pose collectively for a bunch image after visiting Samsung expertise pop-up area on the Olympic and Paralympic Village. (Photograph 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 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 superb 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. (Photograph by Samsung / Getty Photographs)
