Paris 2024 Olympic Games: the gold medals of “Flying Finn” Paavo Nurmi will be exhibited at La Monnaie de Paris. This initiative is part of the exhibition “Gold, silver, bronze.
A History of the Olympic Medal” to celebrate the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Nurmi finished his career with nine Olympic gold medals and three silver medals. Died in 1973, he set 22 world records in the different disciplines in which he took part. He was the first true global sports star.