Emmanuel Reyes Pla joined several athletes’ criticism of the Olympic medals ParisThe Spanish medallist, who won bronze in judo, did not hesitate to highlight the poor state of the medals in recent times. Olympic Games contested in the French capital. He complained Nyjah Hustonbronze in skateboarding; Also Irish canoeists Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle and now the Spanish boxer.
“It seems that the bronze medal is of poor quality and has faded, so they will change it,” he comments. Emmanuel Reyes Pla. “So much Parisian fashion and so much stuff and it didn’t go well. They told us that whoever made it was one of the best jewelers in the world, but he had only managed to do the gold and silver ones. “It’s only been a month and it looks like 25 people have eaten off it.”
But Emmanuel Reyes Pla was not the only one to criticize the state of the medals of the Paris Olympic Games. What is the most precious asset for an athlete who worked for four years to get one, has become a problem for many of them. “These Olympic medals are great when they are new, but after letting them sit on my skin for a bit with a little sweat and letting my friends wear them over the weekend…” he commented Nyjah Huston, bronze in skateboarding.
The Irish Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle Those who won a medal in canoeing had to return the bronze medal they won in the double sculls category. These athletes gave up their medals because of the “chronic problem” they have which is linked to the serious deterioration they are suffering.
Emmanuel Reyes Pla joins the critics
To finish, Emmanuel Reyes Pla He explains that he is not the only athlete to whom this has happened with the bronze medal, but that there are many others in the same situation as him: “I have spoken with other bronze medalists and they all say the same thing. “We have seen each other on several television shows and, some more and others less, the bronze one is annoyed.”
Such Lynch and Doyle They gave their medals to the Olympic Games organization so that it could investigate this deterioration that has happened to more athletes. The problem could lie in the material of the medals and it is especially the bronze ones that suffer the most from this deterioration.
“I wanted to keep mine but they confiscated it for investigation. They want to see what’s wrong,” said Daire Lynch, who can perfectly compare some medals with others because he also won a World Cup and a European Championship. “Mine is gone. It’s destroyed, almost destroyed. In the gold ones there’s some damage, but not too much. But the bronze ones have a chronic problem,” added Philip Doyle.
