Paris 2024 Olympics: “The impression that they have just returned from war”, an American skateboarder criticizes the quality of the Olympic medals
|Les médailles olympiques sous le feu des critiques d’un athlète américain. Paris 2024/Ludovic Le Couster
Médaille de bronze sur l’épreuve de skateboard, l’Américain Nyjah Huston a critiqué, sur les réseaux sociaux, la qualité des médailles remises aux athlètes lors des Jeux Olympiques.
Whether it was the disappointment of missing out on gold by two points or not, American skateboarder Nyjah Huston was pretty upset about the quality of his bronze medal. And he made that clear on his social media.
“These medals look great when they're brand new, but after wearing them against my skin and getting a little sweaty or letting my friends wear them over the weekend, they're clearly not as good quality as you'd think,” he wrote in a post spotted by Le Parisien. He even adds that her trinket "gives the impression that she has just returned from the war."
No sooner had the dust settled on an earlier post highlighting the fact that there's more gold in a chocolate coin than there is in an Olympic medal, it seems the bronze is even worse. Team USA skateboarder Nyjah Huston revealed his Olympic medal might as well be made from… pic.twitter.com/AyGr2PWZ1p
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"The quality needs to be improved a bit"
In an Instagram post, which he has since deleted, he adds one layer: “No but look at this thing… Even the front is starting to flake off a little", laments the 29-year-old athlete. “I don't know… Maybe the quality needs to be improved a little."
Created by Maison Chaumet, one of Paris' most renowned jewelers, some 5,000 medals were made, each containing a piece of the Eiffel Tower.