00:00Thank you for joining us.
00:02The 2024 Paris Olympic Games,
00:04which is supposed to be a celebration of the achievement of world athletes,
00:06is now facing a major controversy.
00:08More than 100 athletes have been reported
00:10to have returned their medals only six months
00:12after the last competition
00:14due to unsatisfactory medal quality.
00:30Complaints started from a skateboard athlete from the United States,
00:34Nyjah Huston, who won the bronze medal.
00:36He reported that his own medal began to show signs of damage
00:40only 10 days after the competition.
00:42The Olympic Games in Paris,
00:44which is supposed to be a celebration of the achievement of world athletes,
00:46is now facing a major controversy.
00:48More than 100 athletes have been reported
00:50to have returned their medals only six months
00:52after the last competition
00:54due to unsatisfactory medal quality.
00:56Complaints started from a skateboard athlete
00:58from the United States,
01:00Johan Endoyebouha,
01:02and Climont Siki,
01:04who shared their medal photos
01:06on social media.
01:08Endoyebouha even joked
01:10that the medal looked like it came
01:12from the 1924 Paris Olympics,
01:14not 2024.
01:16The Olympic medal,
01:18although considered the symbol of the highest achievement,
01:20is not entirely made of a noble logo.
01:22For the gold medal,
01:24the majority of the medals
01:26are made of silver.
01:28While for the silver medal,
01:30100% is made of silver,
01:32and the bronze medal is a mixture
01:34of copper, zinc, and tin.
01:36The bronze medal,
01:38which often contains metals with lower quality,
01:40is vulnerable to oxidation
01:42when exposed to air and moisture.
01:44The International Olympic Committee
01:46has expressed their awareness of this issue
01:48and cooperated with MONENDE Paris,
01:50an institution responsible
01:52for the production of Olympic medals
01:54to investigate the cause of the damage.
01:58The 2024 Paris team promises
02:00to replace all damaged medals
02:02with new ones that will have
02:04identical carvings with the original.
02:06This replacement process is managed
02:08by the National Olympic Committee
02:10of the affected athletes.
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