Athletes report medals are chipped, cracked or damaged
‘We are aware. We are looking into what the problem is’
They are among the most prized possessions in sport, yet embarrassingly for Olympic officials the medals in Milano Cortina keep breaking.
On Monday organisers promised to launch an investigation into why it was happening after Winter Olympic medallists, including the American downhill skiing champion Breezy Johnson, reported chipped, cracked and damaged medals.
Johnson’s medal broke shortly after the podium ceremony on Saturday when she was celebrating. “I was jumping up and down in excitement, then it just fell off,” she told reporters, before showing off her cracked and chipped medal in one hand as the separated ribbon hung around her neck.
