Samsung Set To Improve Athlete and Fan Expertise for an Unforgettable Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games – Samsung World Newsroom

As a long-standing supporter of the Paralympic Motion, Samsung will open up the Paralympic expertise for athletes with the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version and invite followers to get into the Paralympic spirit at pop-up expertise websites throughout town

Samsung Electronics, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Companion, will harness the facility of Galaxy know-how to proceed supporting linked Video games-time experiences for athletes and followers at Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games, serving to them create lifelong reminiscences of the Video games.

Samsung’s central message for Paris 2024 is “Open all the time wins,” which articulates the assumption that with an open thoughts, each new expertise turns into a significant achievement — a sentiment embodied by the athletes competing on the Paralympic Video games. Samsung will have fun the open-mindedness and resilience demonstrated by Paralympians, harnessing its newest cellular know-how to open up new experiences and potentialities for athletes, followers, and the remainder of the world, in the course of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games.

“Samsung has been a Paralympic Video games associate for nearly 20 years, and as dedicated supporters of the Paralympic Motion, we’re proud to assist ship the absolute best Video games-time expertise for athletes, followers, spectators and volunteers on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games with our newest cellular know-how,” mentioned Stephanie Choi, EVP & Head of Advertising and marketing of Cell eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “It’s an honor to deliver followers the world over nearer to their favourite Paralympians, their tales and uncompromising spirit, as they forge new paths and encourage greatness.”

Continued Assist of the Paralympic Motion

Samsung’s help of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games follows an 18-year partnership which started on the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Video games. Throughout this time, Samsung has used its cellular know-how to have interaction and encourage followers and supporters whereas elevating consciousness of the Paralympic Motion. The “Dialogue within the Darkish” demonstration at Sochi 2014 noticed guests on the Galaxy Studio Olympic Park expertise a day within the lifetime of a visually impaired individual to assist guests perceive the challenges they will expertise from their perspective. Equally, at PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Video games, guests on the Samsung expertise house had been capable of attempt the Relúmĭno function at the side of Samsung Gear VR, which helped these with low imaginative and prescient see the world extra clearly. Samsung will proceed to advertise sporting excellence and shared values embodied by Paralympic athletes by its ongoing help of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games.

Championing Workforce Samsung Galaxy Trailblazers

For the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games, Samsung has been supporting its roster of Workforce Samsung Galaxy athletes. The staff of trailblazers, who had been chosen on account of their affect on and off the sphere of play, contains French blind footballer and Olympic Torchbearer Yvan Wouandji and Paralympians Johannes Flooring (para athletics, Germany), Madison De Rozario (para athletics, Australia), Ugo Didier (para swimming, France), Hee-jin Kim (goalball, Korea), Kadeena Cox (para biking and para athletics, Nice Britain) and Desirée Vila (para athletics, Spain). The athletes shared their sentiments concerning Samsung’s help:

• Ugo Didier: “The Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games are notably particular, happening in my residence nation. Past the competitors, I wish to present that with sufficient dedication, everybody can compete in sporting occasions and obtain world-class performances no matter incapacity, so I’m grateful to be working alongside Samsung to share this message.”

• Madison De Rozario: “Expertise is enjoying a big function in our whole motion of sport. To make a tangible affect on followers and folks, you want to have the ability to join with them to actually study who they’re and for them to know who you’re. It’s an honor to be supported by Samsung as I am going into my fifth Paralympic Video games to deliver individuals world wide nearer to the Paralympic Motion.”

• Johannes Flooring: “To be a profitable Paralympian, dedication is important, but it surely additionally requires trustworthy self-reflection, the power to take criticism, meticulous engineering and open-mindedness to attempt the brand new and revolutionary approaches that in the end set you up for fulfillment. I’m delighted to be working with Samsung, who share these values and replicate them in their very own innovation.”

Moreover, Samsung launched its movie Voices of Galaxy, which spotlights Johannes Flooring’ story — his motivation, dedication and fervour to make an affect on subsequent era — in Could.

Harnessing the Newest Expertise for an Unforgettable Video games-Time Expertise 

To boost the athlete expertise, Samsung is offering almost 5,000 Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version smartphones to Paralympians competing within the Video games. The unique version contains a suite of built-in companies and apps to assist athletes to get pleasure from Paris and navigate each side of their Video games-time expertise with ease. The Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version helps the most recent Galaxy AI options — in addition to accessibility options — making certain all Paralympians have the most effective expertise potential.

Interpreter,¹ which immediately interprets stay conversations, will permit all Paralympians to attach with fellow athletes from world wide. Bixby Imaginative and prescient for Accessibility, which supplies audio descriptions of pictures and consumer environment, and Relúmĭno define, which boosts the display’s distinction and brightness or sharpens picture outlines to extend visibility, permitting athletes with low imaginative and prescient to seamlessly navigate competitors venues and keep linked with followers following their Paris 2024 journey.

Opening up Fan Experiences To Put the Paralympic Spirit in Movement

The beginning of the Paralympic Video games additionally marks the subsequent wave of the favored Samsung Olympic Video games Pin Assortment, happening on the totally accessible Olympic™ rendezvous @ Samsung pop-up experiences at Champs-Elysees 125 and Sq. Marigny in Paris. Followers of the Paralympic Video games can take part in Galaxy AI experiences to finish their assortment of 16 specially-designed pins, together with 4 that symbolize Paralympic sports activities — blind soccer, para athletics, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis — to obtain a brand new Galaxy Z Flip6 and an opportunity to win a round-trip bundle for 2 to attend Milano Cortina 2026. Followers may also have the chance to take part in an interactive journey by Samsung’s wealthy heritage across the Olympic and Paralympic Video games and check out the most recent Galaxy know-how for themselves on the websites. As well as, Samsung plans to conduct a collection of occasions and appearances at its Olympic^TM Rendezvous @ Samsung pop-up expertise websites all through the Video games to deliver followers face-to-face with their favourite Paralympic athletes.

Followers and guests can have fun the Video games and get nearer to Samsung’s newest know-how on the Olympic^TM rendezvous @ Samsung websites, open all through the length of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games:

• The Olympic^TM rendezvous @ Samsung | Sq. Marigny will likely be re-opened on August 29 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. till September 8.
• The Olympic^TM rendezvous @ Samsung | Champs-Élysées 125 is open from 10 a.m. to eight p.m. from Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to eight p.m. on Sundays till October 31.

▲ Wheelchair Basketball gamers from Workforce France share a gaggle selfie after choosing up their Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ (From left) Boccia gamers from Workforce Korea Sunhee Kang and So Yeong Jeong, Wheelchair Rugby participant from Workforce Denmark Kurt Busk, Worldwide Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons and Wheelchair Basketball participant from Workforce France Jordan Luce pose collectively on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ Archers from Workforce France share a gaggle selfie after choosing up their Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ Wheelchair Basketball gamers from Workforce Germany Svenja Mayer (left) and Mareike Miller (proper) pose along with their new Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ Paralympic athletes from Workforce Korea pose collectively for a gaggle image after choosing up their Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ Sitting Volleyball gamers from Workforce Slovenia pose collectively for a gaggle image after choosing up their Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ Wheelchair Tennis participant from Workforce South Africa Alwande Sikhosana receives his Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Version on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

▲ (From left) Sitting Volleyball gamers from Workforce Brazil Anderson Rodrigues dos Santos and Daniel Yoshizawa pose with Javelin Thrower from Workforce Cabo Verde Marilson Fernandes Semedo on the Samsung expertise pop-up house on the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

¹ Interpreter requires Samsung Account login. Sure languages could require language pack obtain. Service availability could fluctuate by language. Accuracy of outcomes shouldn’t be assured. Availability and supported options could fluctuate by nation, area or service. Availability of supported languages could fluctuate.

About Samsung’s Involvement within the Paralympic Video games
Samsung is a Worldwide Companion of the Worldwide Paralympic Committee (IPC) within the wi-fi communications and computing tools class. Ranging from the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Video games, the corporate has proudly supported the Paralympic Motion and enabled athletes and followers world wide to share the thrill and inspiration of the Video games by Samsung’s transformative cellular know-how. Samsung’s dedication to the Paralympic Video games will prolong by to LA 2028 and be celebrated by revolutionary cellular and computing experiences powered by purposeful improvements within the wi-fi communications and computing tools class, together with tools that options synthetic intelligence, digital actuality, augmented actuality and 5G.