‘Haven’t taken it out partying’: Aussie Olympians forced to return ‘defective’ Paris medals
More than 100 Olympic and Paralympic medallists have returned their medals from Paris to get replacements, claiming their hardware has deteriorated since the Games last year.
“So once I won bronze, I had so many people ask to see a photo of it or that I should post a video on my stories so that everybody could see it and I didn’t because this literally started to happen day one of me having the medal and I guess I just wanted to keep it quiet for a little,” Diehm said in a video in October.“I’m not sure why this has happened to mine.
“We have replaced all the damaged medals since August and we will continue to do so in the same professional manner as before,” said the spokesperson, adding that replacements were “underway” and were being made “as requests come in”.One such athlete wasTen days later he posted a picture of his medal, where he complained about its quality.
The father of Bhaker, who was the first Indian to win two medals at one Olympics since independence, revealed her medals don’t “look like the medals are just a few months old from this Olympics”.
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