The International Olympic Committee (IOC) informed AFP Monday that the “defective medals” from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will certainly be changed with similar versions.
“The Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris (the French state mint), the institution responsible for the manufacture and quality control of the medals, to assess any complaints about the medals and to understand the circumstances and cause of any damage,” the IOC claimed.
“Defective medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved identically.
“The substitute procedure ought to start in the coming weeks.”
When contacted by AFP, a spokesperson for the Monnaie de Paris refuted the term ” malfunctioning” and said that the medals signalled by athletes as being ” harmed” since the month of August have already been replaced.
“We have actually changed all the harmed medals because August and we will certainly remain to do so in the exact same expert way as in the past,” said the spokesperson, adding that replacements were ” underway” and were being made ” as demands can be found in”.
According to French online media outlet La Lettre, ” greater than 100 malfunctioning medals have actually been returned by dissatisfied professional athletes”, who have seen their awards deteriorate.
Some Olympians from the Paris Games took to social media to share photos of their medals.
One such athlete was American skateboarder Nyjah Huston, who won bronze in the street skateboarding competition on July 29.
Ten days later he posted a picture of his medal, where he complained about its quality.
“These Olympic medals look wonderful when they’re new, however after allowing it rest on my skin with some sweat for a little and afterwards allowing my buddies use it over the weekend break, they’re evidently not as excellent quality as you would certainly assume,” he said.
“It’s looking harsh. Even the front. It’s beginning to chip off a little.”
According to La Lettre, the medals ” needed to birth the force of the brand-new items made use of”, as new regulations banned a component of the varnish previously employed and ” needed to be changed summarily”.
The 5,084 gold, silver and bronze medals for Paris 2024 were made by deluxe jewelry and watch company Chaumet (component of the LVMH empire) and created by the Monnaie de Paris.
Each medal has a little item of the Eiffel Tower, extracted from the supplies of the Parisian monolith’s running firm.
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