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Organizers from the 2024 Olympics vowed to replace athletes’ rusty medals after Team USA skateboarder Nyjah Huston revealed the condition of his bronze piece a week after winning it in Paris.
On Thursday, the 29-year-old showed his Instagram followers how his medal had begun chipping shortly after returning to the States.
As the story continues gaining traction, Olympic organizers have promised to replace damaged medals.
‘Paris 2024 is aware of a social media report from an athlete whose medal is showing damage a few days after it was awarded,’ a spokesperson for the games told Mail Sport.
‘Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution tasked with the production and quality control of the medals, and together with the National Olympic Committee of the athlete concerned, in order to appraise the medal to understand the circumstances and cause of the damage.’
Olympic organizers will replace rusty medals after Nyjah Huston shared the condition of his
Huston’s bronze medal from Paris started chipping after his celebrations in the States
Huston bagged a bronze medal in the French capital, falling behind gold medalist Yuto Horigome of Japan and fellow American Jagger Eaton in the men’s street final.
Days after returning Stateside, Huston shared his thoughts on the quality of the hardware and explained the lite activities that caused wear and tear on the medal.
‘Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they’re brand new,’ he said.
‘But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and letting my friends wear it over the weekend,’ Huston continues before pausing and flipping the camera to his medal.
The lack of quality in the medal is seen with the bronze color chipping away from several areas of the piece.
‘They’re apparently not as high quality as you’d think,’ he said before zooming into the chipping colors. ‘It’s looking rough.’
The 29-year-old secured a podium finish behind Yuto Horigome and Jagger Eaton
Huston holds 12 gold medals from the X Games and a six from the World Championships
Huston quipped that his medal looked like it ‘went to war and back’ on Instagram
While the back of the medal was significantly more damaged, the front was not safe from the chipping either, as Huston flipped it over for the camera.
‘I don’t know, Olympic medals, we gotta step up the quality a little bit,’ he says in the clip.
Huston is a 12-time gold medalist in the X Games and a six-time gold medalist in the World Championships. Additionally, he has nine silvers and four bronzes across both competitions.
While his Olympic debut ended in a podium finish, his valued piece of memorabilia from the games lost its prestigious look not long after his win. In another slide, Huston quipped that the medal looked like ‘it had been to war and back.’
‘The medals are the most coveted objects of the Games and the most precious for the athletes,’ the spokesperson added. ‘Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical way to the originals.’
