Paris Olympics medal designers respond after over 100 furious athletes return awards
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The company that designed Olympic medals at the 2024 Paris Games has reportedly hit back after 100 athletes returned their awards complaining of rust and poor quality. LVMH has denied being responsible for the poor condition of the medals after Team USA athletes like Nyjah Huston, Nick Itkin and Ilona Maher showed off how much theirs had deteriorated since last summer.
A company called Chaumet - which is a subsidiary of LVMH - was in charge of designing the medals, but its parent company has reportedly claimed neither organisation was responsible for the production process, according to Dailymail.com. The same report alleges the production of the medals falls under coin-maker La Monnaie de Paris and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The IOC said it was looking into reports of damaged medals and that any faulty ones would be replaced by the Monnaie de Paris. A statement read: 'The Organising Committee of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution tasked with the production and quality control of the medals, in order to appraise any issues with medals to understand the circumstances and cause of any damage.
'Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical way to the originals. 'The process to provide any replacements should start in the coming weeks in a process managed by Paris 2024 and Monnaie de Paris, together with the National Olympic Committees of the athletes concerned. Paris 2024 is in contact with the relevant National Olympic Committees.'.
