The medal bears the inscription “Olympiad, 1904” and shows a victorious athlete holding a wreath on the front ... these days which are mostly made of silver with gold plating, these were ...

The Monnaie de Paris, a French mint, will replace a number of Olympic medals that have begun deteriorating after being awarded in the 2024 Games, according to the Associated Press. "The Monnaie de ...

Several Olympians will receive new medals after complaining that their hardware from the 2024 Summer Games in Paris have already begun to tarnish, according to the French mint that produced the ...

Winning an Olympic medal is a dream come true for millions of athletes but many that came home with them after Paris 2024 have been having a whole host of issues. Reportedly over 100 athletes who came ...

Winning an Olympic medal is a pinnacle moment for most athletes, but the well-earned piece of hardware has turned sour for some of the 2024 Paris Olympics competitors — but, they'll be getting ...

The French mint tells PEOPLE it will replace "all damaged medals" awarded to 2024 Olympic winners in the coming months Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019.

A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic Eiffel Tower was embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal. But concerns about their quality emerged before the Games had even ended ...

Parisian jewelry house Chaumet designed the medals, which were part of the Games’ lasting legacy. A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic Eiffel Tower was embedded in each gold, ...

Advert Despite being gold, silver and bronze medals, they are not entirely made of what you'd expect, as while the silver and bronze medals are largely made up of those metals the Olympic gold ...

A gold medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics is displayed during a media tour. / Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Over 100 medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics ...

Several athletes who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics reported their medals deteriorating just months after the games ended. The French government minted more than 5,000 medals for the 2024 ...