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ArticleBody:Viewers tuning in to watch the fastest runners in the world compete at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris may notice an unusual color. The athletic track at the Stade de France in Paris boasts a purple hue that is a few spokes of the color wheel away from the rusty or brick red tracks used in previous Games. The track will see action from July 26 until August 11 and was made by Italian manufacturer Mondo.
However, the bivalve shells are not what is giving the track this regal hue. Purple was selected by the organizers of the Paris Games. “That’s one of the colors of the Games that we have with, blue green,” Paris 2024 sports manager Alain Blondel told the Associated Press. “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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