Paris 2024 officials have spoken out as skateboarder Nyjah Huston shared how his bronze medal looked just over a week after winning it at the Olympics.
The Team USA athlete came third in the men’s street final, behind teammate Jagger Eaton and Japan’s Yuto Horigome, who won gold, on 29 July.
Following the close of his event, 29-year-old Huston made his way back to the US, where he has understandably been celebrating one of the greatest sporting achievements of his career thus far.
However, on 8 August the skateboarder took to Instagram to share how much his Olympic medal had deteriorated since he got it.
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Speaking to his 5.3 million followers on social media, he said: “Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they’re brand-new.
“But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and letting my friends wear it over the weekend.
“They’re apparently not as high quality as you’d think.
“Look at that though. It’s looking rough.
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“Even the front, it’s starting to chip off a little.
“So yeah I don’t know, Olympic medals, we gotta step up the quality a little bit.”
Huston later said that his medal looked like ‘it went to war and back’.
The Team USA athlete shared the shocking condition of his medal after just over a week. (Instagram/@nyjah)
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Organisers from the Paris Games have now publicly addressed the complaints.
They have seemingly vowed to replace any ‘damaged’ medals as a spokesperson explained to Mail Sport: “Paris 2024 is aware of a social media report from an athlete whose medal is showing damage a few days after it was awarded.
“Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution tasked with the production and quality control of the medals, and together with the National Olympic Committee of the athlete concerned, in order to appraise the medal to understand the circumstances and cause of the damage.”
Nyjah Huston adds the Olympic bronze to his decorated collection. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)
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“The medals are the most coveted objects of the Games and the most precious for the athletes,” the spokesperson added. “Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical way to the originals.”
Huston adds his Olympic bronze medal to the 12 gold medals he has won in the X games and the six gold medals he acquired at the World Championships, as well as his nine silvers and four bronzes across the two.
LADbible has contacted the Paris 2024 press office for further comment.
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