Degraded quality of Olympic bronze medal after a week (Nyjah Huston’s (USA Skateboarder))

Sounds right to me.

This is capitalism. The goal of the Olympics is to make money on advertising, not to give nice expensive rewards to the athletes. The athletes are tools to make money for rich people. TV, advertising, sponsors.

The cheap metal serves its purpose. It looks nice initially for a few days while the winners take pictures. After that it doesn't matter.

I'm pretty sure they make the athletes pay for the medals too. What a ripoff.
- The US Olympians used to have to pay tax on their earnings from winnings until 2016 when Obama changed that by preventing the IRS from collecting taxes on those awards.
- What!?
- The athleyes does not pay their medals they win, wtf??
To be fair, a lot of athletes are also looking for advertising deals from being in the Olympics.

After reading the article

Patina is one thing but the front chipping is nuts.

I keep seeing all the athletes biting them.
- I have had $10 jewelery from K-Mart that never chipped no matter what abuse I put it through.
- You can bite into lead. ~~You can't bite into gold, silver and bronze. That's why it used to be a test for fake coins. If the chips are bite marks, the metal's really low grade.~~ Biting into Gold and Silver is even easier.

Ea-Nasir strikes again.

I had to look this up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir

The absolute shit quality is how you know it's an authentic Olympic Medal (tm)

Do they not coat or treat the medals in some way to prevent this from happening, or is this just some weird fluke with this one medal? For all the egregious ways the IOC wastes money, I feel like the actual medals, themselves, would be one of the last places they'd cut corners.

Could it be that the protection can't withstand exposure to alcohol? Just a thought. :P
- That would be a tremendous oversight.

Did all the competitors understand that they were striving for chocolate medals? Seems a bit like a weird choice to me.

Same thought. Looks like chocolate.

Dang... Probably has that same sorta crumbly over porous texture of costume jewelry that was just plated.

France bragged this was the cheapest Olympics I guess that was a promise fully kept in all areas.

Cheapcore

Maybe bronze is a pretty complicated metal to work with. Humanity has only been using it for what, five thousand years, give or take several centuries? We probably just need to gain more experience with it before they'll come out looking as good as our stone medals.

It's called patina, and it's super supposed to be there!

/s

Coin collectors would scream at you to not clean or polish it!
super supposed
franky?
- Ahh lemme translate that for you: Suuuuuuuuuppperrrrr supposed
- franky
  frankly?
What's with the /s? Of course it's supposed to be there. Polish it and coat it if you don't want it, but don't pretend it's a mistake to leave it uncoated.

I'd check their hand lotions for sulfur based compounds. The quick way to patina copper is with boiled egg yolks because they contain sulfur.

But also why didn't the IOC just throw on some clear coat?

- Those are an AD, they are all the brand new samsung flip phone. Its only to show them with it in hand.
That trucoat is a bargain, eh.
- See, they install that TruCoat at the factory. There's nothing we can do about that.

Just open it and eat the chocolate already.

are there pics of medals from other olympics to compare it to?

Shouldn't have dipped it in the river...

Grab a spray can and clear coat them as soon as they hang it around your neck lol

I was about to say I'm surprised they didn't lacquer them.

Crafted with copper from Minecraft

The plating is worst, should've mined it

That ain't bronze.

Bronze would not get that bad that quickly.
- I have a bronze coin I made about 6 years ago. It's been handled by more people than I can count, but it sits for months in a box in my garage.
  It still looks very much like bronze, just slightly darker in the crevices.
  This just looks like piss poor electroplating.
He said himself he wore it while sweaty and let his friends wear it as well. Doesn’t give an excuse for the damned thing degrading in a week.
But sure, criticize the winner not the people who made it. Typical.
Touching bronze actually removes the patina.
There are statues where the parts people touch a lot look almost golden.
Like the one of the busty lady in Ireland whose boobs look gold from people touching them. The name of the statue is escaping me, but maybe someone else will remember.
- Like the one of the busty lady in Ireland whose boobs look gold from people touching them. The name of the statue is escaping me, but maybe someone else will remember.
  Molly Malone.
- Molly Malone (or The Tart with the Cart)
Honestly the first thing I thought too. Wear it for a day and then put it up, man

I mean, what can you expect if you only win bronze. Not like that's a phenomenal achievement most people never even get close too. Seriously though, France should be embarrassed at this.

https://www.lvmh.com/news-lvmh/paris-2024-and-lvmh-unveil-the-outfits-and-medals-trays-for-the-victory-ceremonies

Prooooooobably won't be buying anything from them if their medals fall apart this quickly, haha.

US skateboarder learns about oxidization for the first time.

Downvoters: Google brass patina and tell me what that looks like. Olympic "bronze" medals are made of brass. Brass oxidizes. This is oxidization. It's not an inferior product or a hallmark of the cheapness if Olympics, it's a thing that happens to some metals and metal alloys.

I googled it and it looks like the time required for this to happen naturally means your downvotes are justified.
- So what do you think this is, if not natural patina? Unnatural patina? Olympic person secretly rubbing black stuff on their medal and posting it on Instagram for views? Do you think the Olympic committee intentionally purchased medals plated in something other than brass that would patina faster? Or do you think it's not brass and some other metal that oxidizes at a faster rate? I think it would take more effort to create a medal that patinas at a faster rate than it would to just create a medal plated in plain old brass or bronze.
  Brass left alone in a clean environment will oxidize very slowly, because it's just in contact with oxygen and electrolytes from the air. Metal oxidizes much faster in certain conditions, such as when it is regularly exposed to large amounts of oxygen and electrolytes, such as those found water and acid. Some examples of things that oxidize metals faster include being in regular contact with body oils, salty sweat, or chemicals like sunscreen or body lotion. Do you think any of these substances may have gotten on a medal being worn by an athlete in the summer for a week?
  Go get a piece of brass siding from the hardware store. Don't put any sealant on it. Wear it around your neck for a week and see what happens to it.
So...your point is that it's a widely known process, and that the manufacturer didn't know/choose to coat it because they're not being cheap?
that looks more like a plating that came off than patina
But does that explain the front chipping, as stated in the article? Especially after, what, 5-7 days, at most?

They deserve it for only "winning" bronze.

Just being selected to the Olympics means the person is amongst the best in the world.
Even those that end last are better in their sport than most others on the planet.
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