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Local France
28-02-2025
- Sport
- Local France
Over 200 defective Paris Olympics and Paralympics medals to be replaced
Athletes have complained that their medals have become tarnished or chipped, sometimes within weeks of the Games ending last year. "The French Mint (Monnaie de Paris) has replaced some of them and is continuing its replacement operation at the request of the athletes," it said in a statement. The International Olympic Committee said in January it would systematically replace "defective" medals. The French Mint prefers to call them "damaged". It said it had "done everything possible, from August 2024, to ensure the replacement of the medals concerned". The replacement medals will be identical to the originals, it said but a protective varnish will be added to increase their durability. Some Olympians from the Paris Games have taken to social media to share photos of the state of their medals. One of the first to do so was American skateboarder Nyjah Huston, who won bronze in the street skateboarding competition on July 29th. Ten days later he posted a picture of his medal, complaining about its quality. "These Olympic medals look great when they're brand new, but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they're apparently not as high quality as you would think," he said. "It's looking rough. Even the front. It's starting to chip off a little." The 220 medals to be replaced represent four percent of the 5,084 awarded at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
BBC News
28-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
220 requests to replace Paris 2024 Olympic medals
A total of 220 requests have been made to replace medals won at the Paris 2024 Olympic medals were designed by French luxury jeweller Chaumet and are set with a piece of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower during its renovation in the 20th British diver Yasmin Harper, who won Team GB's first medal of the Games, was among the athletes to notice her medal was showing signs of "tarnishing".Paris 2024 organisers said any damaged medals will be replaced and the French Mint told AFP it has received 220 such requests - equivalent to four percent of the total awarded."The French Mint [Monnaie de Paris] has replaced some of them and is continuing its replacement operation at the request of the athletes," it said in a who won women's 3m synchronised springboard bronze with partner Scarlett Mew Jensen, said later in the Games she had noticed "small bits of tarnishing".That came after American skateboarder Nyjah Huston criticised the quality of his medal, posting a video of the bronze he won in the men's street skateboarding that appeared discoloured and chipped.A Paris 2024 spokesperson said at the time it was working closely with the Monnaie de Paris to understand the cause of the damage and promised "damaged medals will be systematically replaced and engraved in an identical way to the originals".
