Athletes excited for post-pandemic Olympics in Paris 04:24. At first glance, the mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games may look like a red triangle with arms, but it's actually a Phrygian cap ...

The Phrygian cap, also known as a liberty cap, is a historic piece of clothing in France that symbolizes freedom, revolution and the French Republic, according to Olympics.com.

A woman wears a Phrygian cap during the convention of volunteers for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The hat is a national symbol of France, but its origins go back 3,000 years.

Though not mentioned directly by the 2024 Paris Olympics site, what eventually became to be called Phrygian caps began in antiquity and have survived into modernity as symbols of freedom and liberty.

Today, the Phrygian caps can be seen in every town hall and on French coins and stamps. The Paris 2024 Phryges are blue, white and red — the colors of the French flag — and feature a gold ...

You’re going to see a lot of Les Phryges over the next few weeks. They’re cheerful wide-eyed triangles, puffy and red, and they’re the mascots of the 2024 Paris Games.

The figure of Marianne is the personification of the French Republic and the national icon wears a Phrygian cap. Paris 2024 president, Tony Estanguet – an Olympic gold medalist in canoe slalom ...