2020 Olympic Games: He won the gold medal and after a while it started to peel

It turns out that some gold medals given to them are defective Olympicς Games.

The Chinese gold medalist in the trampoline, Zhou Suing, uploaded a photo on social media with the medal, which she received at the award to have peeled!

At first the 23-year-old thought it was dirty. However, the mark grew with the passing of the days and he found that finally the gold was peeling.

It should be emphasized that medals it is not made of genuine gold. They are made of silver and 6 grams of pure gold are added to their surface.

However, the IOC responded to the athlete by saying that the medal is fine and just peels off the protective coating, but if a problem is found, then the medal will be replaced.

Source: gazzetta.gr


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