This Olympian Shared What His Medal Looks Like After 5 Months, And It's Looking Real Rough
matt stopera
If you remember, Nyjah Huston won an Olympic bronze medal in men's street skateboarding.
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His bronze medal used to look like this:
Close-up of a person wearing a blue jacket with an Olympic medal hanging from their neck
But after a week, it looked like this:
A person's hand holding a bronze Olympic medal featuring a figure of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Message options displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Like, the bronze was literally coming off of it.
A close-up of a hand holding an Olympic medal. The medal features a raised design of an ancient Olympic scene
"Even the front is starting to chip off a little. Olympic medals maybe gotta step up the quality a little bit," he said in an IG story.
Nyjah holds a round Paris 2024 Olympic Games medal with a hexagonal center and radial design
WELL, we have a new medal drama.
Close-up of a hand holding a worn Olympic medal with a scenic background of hills and the ocean. Text overlay reads, "Medal looking like it went to war and back" with emojis
Hunter Woodhall won a gold medal in the Men's Para Athletics 400m T62.
Athlete with prosthetic legs celebrates with a USA flag, wearing a sports jersey and shorts in a stadium filled with spectators
As you can see, it looks totally beautiful, etc.
Person wearing a tracksuit, holding and displaying a medal around their neck, against a plain background
Perfectly gold!
Person wearing a tracksuit, holding and displaying a medal around their neck, against a plain background
Well, not anymore.
Person showing a Paralympic medal with another person in the background. Text reads: "on my metal from Paris."
So, for context, he accidentally tore the ribbon. The issue is that the medal is permanently attached to it, which makes removing it impossible without damaging the medal.
Two people hold a gold medal with a red ribbon, featuring a partial view of a Mickey Mouse sweater. Text on their image reads, "on my metal from Paris."
He has two choices now. He can send the medal back, and they can send him back a BRAND NEW medal.
A man in a Mickey Mouse hoodie holds an item while a woman in a white jacket watches, text reads "something."
OR he can keep the medal and sew the ribbon up himself.
Person holding a medal with a red ribbon, wearing a hoodie featuring a cartoon character. Another person sits nearby, smiling. Text says "given after."
It also has some dings FWIW.
Person in a hoodie holding a gold coin-like object with text: "There's some small dings."
People in the comments seem to be fully: DON'T send the medal back.
Comment from mare_mari_mac: "Leave it! Don’t send it back. That is YOUR medal." Posted 3 days ago with 532 likes
"Keep the tear and tell your future kids it's from all the hard work you put in for the medal."
Comment reads: "Keep the tear and tell your future kids it's from all the hard work you put in for the medal," with muscle and medal emojis
Another person said, "stitch it up with golden thread."
Comment suggesting to "stitch it up with golden thread, i.e., Kintsugi" with a smiling emoji. 3,526 likes, 3-day-old post
Personally, I'm with this person who says he should frame it. Those medals have an awful track record, and that thing is gonna be dust before you know it.
Comment from user with verified badge: "Frame it" with hands raised emoji, 3 days ago, 4 likes, and a reply option
