A passerby chooses a pin to take as he trades with Thurston Bilal of Los Angeles, outside the Olympic Village, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris, France. Bilal has been to six Olympics to practice his hobby of trading and collecting Olympic pins. "When you are exchanging pins, you meet people from all over the world. It breaks down communication barriers," says Bilal. "Also, pins are art. Some of them are masterpieces." (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Neighborhood resident Lahlouh Wahab shows off all the 2024 Olympic pins he has been able to collect by interacting with athletes and staff from various teams outside the entrance to the Olympic Village, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Thurston Bilal of Los Angeles waits outside the Olympic Village to trade Olympic pins with athletes and other collectors, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris, France. Bilal has been to six Olympics to practice his hobby. "When you are exchanging pins, you meet people from all over the world. It breaks down communication barriers," says Bilal. "Also, pins are art. Some of them are masterpieces." (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
IOC President Thomas Bach gives out pins to members of the Turkey men's artistic gymnastics team as he tours the gym at the Olympic Village ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)
Domenican Republic's Cristian Pinales wears olympic pins on his lanyard as he gets a thumbs up from an acquaintance outside the Olympic Village, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Olympic pins are worn by a volunteer in Paris, France, prior to the start of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Volunteer Claude Blanchard wears Paris Olympic pins on his accreditation strap as he guides spectators near the court during the tennis competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Vivianne Robinson lets a passer by choose one of the pins Robinson collected from USA Olympics 1984, during 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The Olympics superfan has attended seven Games over the span of 40 years. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo)
Volunteer Valerie Heinzle from France wears Paris Olympic pins on her accreditation strap as she aids spectators near the court during the tennis competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)