Various Olympic athletes will receive new medals after complaining that their hardware from the 2024 Summer Games in Paris has already started to tarnish, according to the French mint that produced the medals.
La Monnaie de Paris, which produced 5,084 medals for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, told The Associated Press that it will replace the medals after several athletes complained that they had already begun to deteriorate in August.
Three Olympic gold medals from the Paris 2024 Games are on display. (Bryn Lennon – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
“The Monnaie de Paris has taken the issue of damaged medals very seriously since the first exchange requests in August and has mobilized its internal teams,” the French Mint said.
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“The company has since modified and optimized its varnishing process. La Monnaie de Paris will replace all damaged medals at the request of athletes during the first quarter of 2025.”
According to the AP, the French mint declined to comment on the exact number of medals it would replace, but a French outlet reported the number was over 100.
He International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was working with the French Mint to ensure the medals are manufactured in an “identical manner to the originals”.
Bronze medalist Nyjah Huston holds his medal after the victory ceremony of the men’s street skate event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on July 29, 2024. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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“The Organizing Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution in charge of the production and quality control of the medals, in order to evaluate any problems with the medals to understand the circumstances and the cause of any damage,” the IOC said in a statement. Reception sports.
“Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved identically to the originals.”
American figure skater Nyjah Huston was among the athletes who complained about the tarnishing of medals. After winning bronze in the men’s street event, Huston took to social media just days later to reveal how his medal had deteriorated.
Silver medalist Jagger Eaton, left, and bronze medalist Nyjah Huston pose with their medals after the victory ceremony of the men’s street skate event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on July 29, 2024 . (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
“Alright, these Olympic medals look great when they’re new,” Huston said in a video posted to Instagram.
“But after letting it sit on my skin for a bit with a little sweat and then letting my friends use it over the weekend, apparently they’re not as high quality as you might think.”
French swimmers Yohann Ndoye-Brouard and Clément Secchi also recently complained about their medals peeling off.
The medals were crafted to include pieces of polished iron taken from the Eiffel Tower that were saved from renovations.
