Olympics medal discoloured in a week; ‘degraded quality’ under radar after Bronze winner complaints in social media post

USA’s Nyjah Huston, an Olympic bronze medalist, recently shared a “drigged” image of his bronze medal seven days after winning it. The 29-year-old American skateboarder displayed the medal he earned at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024.

The 29-year-old American skateboarder showcased the medal he earned at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. After winning the medal On July 29, Huston said, “Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they are brand new. But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they are apparently not as high quality as you would think.”

degraded quality of Paris Olympics bronze medal after a week.

Nyjah Huston, member of the USA skateboard team, raised concerns over the quality of the Olympic medals:
“these Olympic medals look good when they’re brand new, but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for… pic.twitter.com/7oSOY8OxLL

— Crime.org (@CrimedotOrg) August 9, 2024

In another post on X, Massimo wrote, “Degraded quality of Olympic bronze medal after a week.” “Degraded quality of Olympic bronze medal after a week,” he added. 

A netizen reacted, saying, “The quality of the entire Olympics is degraded.”

Degraded quality of Olympic bronze medal after a week pic.twitter.com/NoFxcDlZ1J

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 9, 2024

The Olympics has been awesome. Sorry you’re missing out for what are likely to be misguided ideological reasons.

— JeffPV (@jpv4real) August 9, 2024

In response, former Paralympian Derrick Helton posted a photo of his own bronze medal from the 2012 London Games, remarking that it remains unchanged. He wrote, “2012 bronze from London still just like day I got it. 🤷”

2012 bronze from London still just like day I got it. 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/t0faHrGZqS

— DeafDrock (@derrick_helton) August 9, 2024

Earlier, in his Instagram story, the Olympian wrote, “Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they are brand new. But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they are apparently not as high quality as you would think.”

By the time of writing, the post has accumulated 37.4 million views, 14k reposts, 210k likes, and 3.7k comments.