A podium finish may be the ultimate goal of every athlete at the Paris Games but the prizes in this unofficial sport have become a hot commodity.
LIVE UPDATES: Follow our blog for all the action, highlights and results from day nineAthletes have been swapping souvenir team pins for years but the tradition has been launched to a whole different level thanks to the likes of Snoop Dogg , Simone Biles and Coco Gauff .
Simone Biles's golden heart-shaped pin is among the most coveted and has launched an Olympic Village-wide game as athletes try to hunt the gymnastics star down for a swap.New Zealand women's rugby sevens player Alena Saili shared a series of videos documenting her hunt with fellow team member Tysha Ikenasio on TikTok.
Tennis player Coco Gauff was among the lucky few to receive his pin, which depicts Snoop in front of the Eiffel Tower, blowing five smoke hoops, coloured to resemble the Olympic rings.She was a flag-bearer for the US alongside LeBron James and told reporters she was under pressure from her team to use the moment to make some trades.
Retired tennis superstar and self-proclaimed "first-class pin collector" Serena Williams started her collection at the Sydney Games in 2000. The shortest race and the longest of glories — how a brash American bent time to claim 100m Olympic gold
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