Some Paris Olympic winners say their medals are falling apart — and are asking for replacements
Some athletes who took podium spots at last summer's Paris Games say their medals, designed by an LVMH-owned jewelry brand, ...
The Winter Olympics 1924-2024: Little Norway Ranks At The Top
And in the Beijing Games in 2022 Norway (with 99 athletes) was tops in medals, yet again beating the USA (with 223 athletes) ...
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‘I wanted to win it more than he did’ – Wells’ Olympic kit displayed in Museum of World Athletics
His big breakthrough came just two years later. At the 1978 Gateshead Games, Wells equalled Peter Radford’s 20-year-old ...
Why the French mint is reissuing some Olympic medals
The medals awarded at the Paris Olympics were crafted by Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, and designed by Chaumet, the ...
A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...
Can fire-torn L.A. handle the World Cup, Super Bowl and Summer Olympics?
Widespread damage from wildfires has prompted calls for L.A. to drop its plans to host the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics ...
Some Paris Olympic medals are tarnishing quickly
The French mint is replacing a number of medals from the 2024 Paris Games and Paralympics after athletes complained that they ...
2024 Paris Olympics: Some medals are being replaced from Summer Games after evidence of deterioration surfaces
Some of the medals that were won by athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics were beginning to deteriorate just months after ...
Athletes who shined at Paris Olympics to finally get medals that will, too
Some of the medals from the Paris Olympics seem to be quickly losing their shine. The French mint tells The Associated Press that it is replacing a number of medals from the 2024 Paris Games and ...
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'Went far too soon': Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger killed in avalanche in Switzerland
Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche in Switzerland, the country's skiing federation has said. Hediger, 26 and a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the ...
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Paris 1924: Overview
A century on, 12 of them remain in use: Hippodrome d’Auteuil (the eventing venue in 1924), Bassin d’Argenteuil (rowing ... Four of the venues had been used at the Olympic Games Paris 1900: the ...