A worker checks the final surface of an athletics track, at the Mondo factory, in Alba, northern Italy, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The athletics track for the upcoming Paris Olympics is being produced by the Mondo company at its factory in northern Italy. The track is made in portions, rolled up and then will be transported to the Stade de France, where it will be installed over the next month.
In other words, the innovations are meant to enable Olympians to run faster, jump higher and leap further. Kind of like the Olympic motto: “Faster, higher, stronger — together.” It will mark the third time that Mondo has installed a new track at the Stade de France, which hosted the athletics world championships in 2003.
“The color was a courageous decision of the local organizing committee,” Stroppiana said. “We have never done this color before. It’s a light mauve and darker violet. It sort of recalls the landscape of France.”A three-hour drive across the country is the headquarters of another Italian company and supplier for big-time Olympic sports, Myrtha Pools.
“ is a big advantage because this allows us to reinstall the pools after the event,” Myrtha CEO Roberto Colletto said.