Paris Olympics : race to the pins !

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00:00Fans are streaming in to go watch the volleyball, and we're going to turn our focus to another

00:05competition, the art of Olympic pin trading.

00:09And so we're joined by Marion Laurie, who is a pin collector herself.

00:13So tell us about some of your pins.

00:15Well, you know, I've started getting my collection back at the village.

00:20So I'll give you just an example of a few I have.

00:23I have the Polish one.

00:25I have the French one, pretty basic, but it was given to me by one of the handball

00:29players.

00:30So it's a pretty cool story.

00:31You have Costa Rica, Hungary, Brazil, and Argentina.

00:37For me, Argentina, it was my first pin, you know, that got me introduced to the pin collection.

00:43OK.

00:44And when did pins trading start, and when did it really take off?

00:48Well, it basically started back in the modern era of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

00:54And then it started being a big trend in the 80s when people started exchanging them.

00:59And now it's a huge trend.

01:01Maybe the biggest athletes trade their pins.

01:05Even Simon Biles has her own made pins, and it's one of the hot pins to get.

01:11And what are some other coveted pins this Games that people want?

01:14I think the most coveted this year is the Snoop Dogg pins that it was given to Coco

01:19Goff, the U.S. tennis player.

01:21And I think it's got everyone talking.

01:23I think everyone wants to have it.

01:25Yeah.

01:26And so what is your favorite story behind a pin that you have?

01:31I think, I mean, I think one of my favorite pins, it has to be Costa Rica.

01:38Look at this cute little guy.

01:40It's a sloth that chose to, Costa Rica chose to represent the Olympic pin with a sloth.

01:46I think it's a surprise.

01:47Yeah.

01:48Really fitting for a very ambitious and driven athlete.

01:51And that, Francois, is the news on this lazy Tuesday in Paris.

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