Seeing purple: Fans get a new track color and maybe record-breaking times at Paris Olympics

Fans will be seeing a new color at the Olympics in Paris. Instead of the usual red-brick clay, one track is going purple for the first time.

In a move away from a more traditional red-brick clay color, an Olympic track is going purple for the first time.

The pieces of vulcanized rubber track were produced at a factory in northern Italy and workers have been laying them down at Stade de France, the national stadium hosting track events.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. 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.

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