GobblemegoodB to Olympics@voyager.lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoIs this true?? There is only 1% gold in the Olympic Gold medal!?lemmy.fediverser.ioimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIs this true?? There is only 1% gold in the Olympic Gold medal!?lemmy.fediverser.ioGobblemegoodB to Olympics@voyager.lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCelerysticks00BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe 1908 medal is more like a coin 🪙 Pure gold would be ridiculously expensive for current medal size and also not very robust. It would bend easily
minus-squaretridescartavelBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, the 1908 gold medal weights only 25g, while the 2024 ones are 529g heavy.
minus-squarefunkiestjBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago It would bend easily you mean it might be soft enough that if you bit it you would leave a bite mark?
minus-squareSavings_Ad_2532BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, that’s why athletes bite their medals.
The 1908 medal is more like a coin 🪙 Pure gold would be ridiculously expensive for current medal size and also not very robust. It would bend easily
Yes, the 1908 gold medal weights only 25g, while the 2024 ones are 529g heavy.
you mean it might be soft enough that if you bit it you would leave a bite mark?
thats why people do it bro
Yes, that’s why athletes bite their medals.