Parisians won’t be saying “adieu” to the Olympic Games as early as they expected after the city’s mayor announced plans to leave the Olympic rings as a permanent fixture on the Eiffel Tower.

Although the summer 2024 Paris Olympics are over, the drama surrounding them still hasn’t stopped. The city recently announced that it plans to keep the Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower.

Gustave Eiffel's descendants have opposed the rings remaining on France's most famous monument, as they do not want it to "be definitively associated with an organization like the Olympic Games." ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo revealed last week that she plans to keep the rings there indefinitely, reflecting the extent to which this famously cantankerous city was swept up with Olympic bonhomie ...

The Olympic rings are displayed on the Eiffel Tower at night between the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris on August 19, 2024. Adnan Farzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images ...

Paris mayor plans to keep Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower. But not everyone is happy By Niamh Kennedy, Christian Edwards and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 ...

Last month, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told a French newspaper that she wanted the five interlinked 43-foot rings on the Eiffel Tower to stay where they are. Her words - I want the two to remain ...

Because the rings, which weigh 30 tons, are too heavy to remain on the tower permanently, they will be replaced with lighter versions, Paris’ deputy mayor, Pierre Rabadan, told CNN.