2024 PARIS OLYMPIC MEDALS DETERIORATE

 

Diver Yasmin Harper, who claimed Britain's first medal of the Paris Olympics, has admitted that her bronze is already becoming discoloured.

Harper won bronze in the women's 3m synchronised springboard alongside Scarlett Mew Jensen. She competed again on Friday in the women's 3m springboard final, although without adding another medal to her collection.

Harper was then asked about the quality of the medals after a member of the USA skateboard team criticised the quality of them after his bronze started to deteriorate.

USA skateboarder Nyjah Huston first revealed the markedly different condition of his medal just a week after winning it in Paris, with the backside of the medal chipped and losing its bronze colour.

They're [the Olympic medals] apparently not as high quality as you'd think, he added. It's looking rough.

Each medal awarded at this Olympics, including silver and bronze, contains a piece of the Eiffel Tower preserved during renovations to the Paris landmark.

Paris Games organisers say they are looking into the complaints about the medals.

Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution tasked with the production and quality control of the medals, and together with the National Olympic Committee of the athlete concerned, in order to appraise the medal to understand the circumstances and cause of the damage.

Justin adds:

To read the complete article, see:
Quality of Paris 2024 Olympic medals criticised after visible deterioration in just one week (https://sports.yahoo.com/quality-olympic-medals-criticised-visible-215042652.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
2024 PARIS OLYMPIC MEDALS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n31a25.html)

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