An iconic a part of Olympic historical past, pin buying and selling is a sport of its personal in some ways. The follow dates again to the 1896 Athens Olympics when picket badges of assorted colours had been used to determine officers and athletes on the first fashionable Olympic Games. Trading started within the Olympic Village on the 1924 Paris Olympics the place athletes began to trade pins as an indication of worldwide friendship. Today, pin buying and selling has develop into a basic a part of the Olympic and Paralympic Games expertise.
▲ Samsung Electronics’ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Pin promotion options 22 Olympic Games sport-themed pins, in addition to eight Rio de Janeiro themed pins and a Rio 2016 adorned pin board.
Samsung Electronics put a brand new spin on a long-standing custom on the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with the Samsung Olympic Games Pin Masters Challenge, considered one of some ways the corporate is opening the Olympic Games expertise to all.
Fans are invited to affix a number of Galaxy AI-powered challenges on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung pop-up experiences throughout Paris (Champs-Elysees 125, Square Marigny and Village Plaza) for an opportunity to gather 16 specifically created pins — together with the extraordinarily uncommon Golden Pin — and develop into a Samsung Olympic Games Pin Master.
Made from recycled aluminum from Galaxy smartphones, the 16 revolutionary and extremely collectible Samsung Olympic Games Pins had been designed by French illustrator Jean André. Eleven Classic Pins symbolize 4 Olympic sports activities — breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and browsing — and 4 Paralympic sports activities — blind soccer, para athletics, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. In addition, there are 4 Special Pins with three-dimensional Parisian landmarks and the Golden Pin.
Each Samsung Olympic Games Pin Master who collects all 16 pins will obtain a brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 and an opportunity to win a round-trip package deal for 2 to attend the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
▲ Samsung Olympic Games Pin Master Ben Choi exhibits off his pin board on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Square Marigny. (Photo by Samsung)
Samsung Newsroom interviewed 4 Samsung Olympic Games Pin Masters of Paris 2024, 8-year-old Ben Choi visiting from the United States, 12-year-old Thomas Tamarelle and 13-year-old Noahm from France.
Choi, from California, achieved this feat at his first-ever Olympic Games — but it surely’s not the primary for his household. Changhwan Kim, Choi’s great-grandfather, competed on the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 as the primary Olympic fencer from South Korea. Ari Kim, Choi’s mom, attended the Olympic Games Seoul 1988 when she was six.
▲ Samsung Olympic Games Pin Master Ben Choi poses along with his mother and father in entrance of the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Square Marigny. (Photo by Samsung)
The Olympic Games Paris 2024 marks Choi’s first time amassing pins. His objective was to take residence the brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 — a mission the younger boy completed by turning into a Samsung Olympic Games Pin Master.
“I’m really excited,” mentioned Choi. “The challenges were fun, especially the skateboarding game and the AI drawing workshop. The Golden Pin is my favorite.”
As he and his household benefit from the archery, handball, fencing and swimming competitions through the the rest of the Olympic Games in Paris, Choi hopes to gather extra pins — “if my mom lets me!”
▲ Samsung Olympic Games Pin Master Thomas Tamarelle shows his pin board on the Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung | Square Marigny. (Photo by Samsung)
Thomas additionally bought fortunate throughout his first Olympic Games which he attended along with his dad. He started amassing pins for the primary time as a result of he “really enjoyed the different games and challenges at the Samsung pop-up experience.”
Winning the Galaxy Z Flip6 was an surprising bonus.
“I am excited about my new Galaxy Z Flip6 because it flips,” mentioned Thomas. “I also love the Sketch to image feature.”
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