![]() ![]() Under the theme “Be better, together – for the planet and the people”, TOCOG intends to make these the most environmentally friendly and sustainable Games so far. Sports fans across Japan have a particularly close connection to the medals thanks to the Tokyo 2020 Medal Project, a landmark recycling initiative which ensured that each one has been moulded entirely from metal extracted from recycled consumer electronics over the past two years. With their shining rings, I hope the medals will be seen as paying tribute to the athletes’ efforts, reflecting their glory, and symbolising friendship.” ![]() “I never dreamed that the design I submitted only as a memorial to this lifetime event would actually be selected. “It is a great honour that my design was selected for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal,” Kawanishi said. The designs also represent how athletes strive for victory on a daily basis, as well as the Olympic themes of diversity and friendship. The intricate designs, which will adorn all 5,000 medals, reflect patterns of light in order to symbolise the energy of the athletes and those who support them. A specially assigned selection panel had the difficult task of whittling down more than 400 entries before settling on the ideas presented by Junichi Kawanishi, Director of the Japan Sign Design Association and the Osaka Design Society. The winning designs were selected after a nationwide competition open to both professional designers and design students. With exactly one year to go before the scheduled start of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Organising Committee (TOCOG) unveiled the design of the medals that will be awarded at the Games. ![]()
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