Atlet Pemenang Olimpiade Paris 2024 Kembalikan Medali

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Lebih dari 100 atlet Olimpiade dan Paralimpiade melapor ke Monnaie de Paris soal medali yang didapat di Olimpiade Paris 2024 rusak.  Berdasarkan investigasi terbaru situs Prancis, La Lettre yang dilansir dari People, Kamis (16/1/2025), medali para atlet itu sudah tak berkilau di enam bulan setelah Olimpiade Paris 2024. Medali-medali itu diproduksi oleh Monnaie de Paris.

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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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