Bronze-winning Olympic French swimmer Yohann Ndoye-Brouard questioned over the weekend if a medal he captured is from this previous summer time or 100 years in the past?
That’s as a result of the bronze he received within the 4×100-meter medley relay throughout the Paris 2024 Games appears to be deteriorating quicker than a Léon Marchand lap.
He rhetorically questioned on social media if his medal was from 2024 or 1924, with crying emojis.
Ndoye-Brouard is the most recent Paris 2024 Olympian to softly complain that their prized mementos are dropping their shine 4 months after the Games.
The French newspaper Le Méridional on Saturday printed an image of the bronze received by Ndoye-Brouard ‘s 4×100 medley teammate Clement Secchi, whose medal additionally gave the impression to be shortly dropping its luster.
The medal’s tough edges made it look extra like one other water-loving creature, “Peau de crocodile,” in accordance with Secchi.
U.S. rugby player and social media star Ilona Maher gave the world one the primary clues some medals might be lower than Olympic high quality when she appeared on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Aug. 12, shortly after closing ceremonies.
She whipped out the bronze that she and her teammates received in a stunning victory over powerhouse Australia.
“It’s attractive (however) it’s carrying just a little bit,” Maher said, her proper index finger swirling the perimeters of the medal. “It’s a strong hunk of steel, it is an incredible piece of steel.”
Representatives of the International Olympic Committee and Paris 2024 couldn’t instantly be reached for remark Monday.
The medals awarded final summer time every include a small piece of iron from the famed Eiffel Tower, which has now stood over three Olympics (1900, 1924 and 2024).
Brooke Glatz and Lilia Wood contributed.
