'The Paris Olympic medal changes color in a week' Controversy over quality
Aug 09, 2024
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American skateboarding bronze medalist Nyjah Huston, 29, posted pictures and posts on social media, saying that the Olympic medal was in bad condition less than a week after playing in Paris.
"This Olympic medal looks great when it's new, but I put it on my sweaty skin a few times and let my friends wear it over the weekend, and the color faded," he claimed.
The actual bronze medal color appears to have fallen off and peeled off from various parts of the medal piece.
He said "The back of the medal is much more damaging" and "It seems that the quality is not as good as I thought it would be. I think we need to improve the quality of the Olympic medal a little bit."
At the same time, he pointed out that `I can see medals as if I went out to war.'
Meanwhile, Houston won the bronze medal in the men's skateboard street final, behind Japanese gold medalist Yuto Horigome and fellow American Jagger Eaton.
Previously, he won 12 X Games and is a famous player who won six gold medals at the World Championships.
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