Less than two months ahead of opening day for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, the gold, silver and bronze medals have been unveiled.
The medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games were revealed Tuesday at an event in Barra Olympic Park.
The new medals were unveiled after days of promoting the new designs on social media.
The reveal, 52 days before the Opening Ceremony, is the closest date to the ceremony that Olympic medals have been unveiled since the Sydney 2000 Olympics, when the medals were revealed one month before the games began.
According to Rio 2016, the medals "have been made with sustainability at their heart."
In total, 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze medals were crafted.
For Paralympians, visually impaired winners can shake their medals to sound off a noise-maker inside the medal. Gold medals make the loudest noise, while silver and bronze make quieter noises. "Rio 2016" is also etched in braille.
All Olympians and Paralympians who perform well enough to make it to the podium will be awarded with other prizes.
Rio officials also unveiled the design of the podiums to be used at the Olympics and Paralympics Tuesday. The podiums were made from wood and other organic materials to celebrate the tropical nature of Brazil. They can be reused as furniture after the Games.
The slogan for the Rio Olympics is centered on the idea of "a new world," in which all people celebrate difference cultures and come together in unity.
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