When the golden balloon lit up the sky, the cherry on top of the Olympic opening ceremony, it dazzled spectators and its designer
The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong.torch and set off into the sky, was a risk. After all, it was the first time it had ever been tested in its entirety, Lehanneur told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
For the first time in the history of the Games, the cauldron — a 7-meter diameter ring of fire supported by a giant air balloon — flew through the air. His idea, inspired by the ancient Greek Olympic flame ceremony, was to represent freedom — one of the three words in the French national motto: “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite.”
But the prize-winning French designer didn’t want to indulge in nostalgia: He envisioned an innovative, contemporary balloon.
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