Olympic bosses investigate why medals are breaking

BBC ^ | February 9, 2026 | Emma Smith

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Milan-Cortina 2026 organisers say they are giving "maximum attention" to why Olympic medals are breaking after several athletes experienced issues with theirs.

Two of the USA's gold medallists, Breezy Johnson and Alysa Liu, revealed the ribbon had come away from the medal soon after they received their prize.

Johnson, who won gold in the women's downhill alpine skiing, showed her broken medal at the post-event media conference.

"So there's the medal. And there's the ribbon," she told reporters. "And here's the little piece that is supposed to go into the ribbon to hold the medal, and yeah, it came apart."

Liu disclosed a similar issue in a video on social media, external after she won gold as part of the United States squad in the figure skating team event.

The video shows Liu holding up the medal and ribbon in separate hands, with the text: "My medal don't need the ribbon."

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[desertsolitaire]

No backsies?

[Lockbox]

its China Town Jake.....

[Fledermaus]

Looks like they weren’t 4Imprint sure

[ConjunctionJunction]

Hephaestus must have taken the day off.

[missthethunder]

“Low bidder so the Olympic bosses can skim more”

DEI

[Political Junkie Too]

Let's hope the condoms don't break, too.

-PJ

[Pilsner]

NOPE, that’s super dumb; a British auto maker.

Name a British auto maker that knows enough about electricity to electroplate the gold medals.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Fake medals made from Pizza crusts and leftover al dente spaghetti.

[Bikkuri]

"Maybe they are made in China"

That's what I was going to say.. you beat me to it.

[A strike]

I give up Alex..

[sheehan]

northern italy is dominated by chinese sweat shops and manufacturing... not surprising

[Campion]

I think that’s all European autos. It sure is the case for Volkswagen. It was a few years ago last I checked, but several of their cars required a proprietary tool just to do a lube job.

[dfwgator]

northern italy is dominated by chinese sweat shops and manufacturing... not surprising

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Why Italy was one of the hardest hit countries with COVID.

[FatherofFive]

“If a British auto maker made them, they would leak oil.”

Ha! I had a 1975 Triumph Trident. Beautiful bike. Always a few drops

[Whatever Works]

Lowest bidder. Be happy it isn’t an O-ring.

[clearcarbon]

"Hephaestus must have taken the day off."

Being married to Aphrodite I guess that's to be expected now and then. Maybe even more often than expected.

[Afterguard]

You must have owned/endured a 1960’s MG!

[samiam5]

Climate change.
The answer is climate change.

[A strike]

Fortunately not. owned ‘67 911S

some classmates were so burdened

[9422WMR]

We used to pour water under a coworker’s Harley, and tell him he had a water leak. He took it to the Harley dealer and complained. They told him it was air cooled and had no water to leak!
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