Hart : Good Morning !
Watching The winter Olympics are you ?
I love the excitement of the Podium , watching the athletes celebrate their achievements . ” Taking that bite of their medal .
According to the Olympics website, photographers encourage Olympians to bite the medals since the photos often make the front page. “I think they look at it as an iconic shot, as something that you can probably sell “.
People actually used to test the authenticity of precious metals using their teeth! It’s possible to leave teeth marks in objects containing pure gold, silver, or copper because they are all soft metals. The biting method was utilized to verify if gold coins and other gold objects were genuine or forgeries. If they couldn’t leave teeth marks in the object they were biting down on, then they might conclude that it was either only plated with gold, mixed with other alloys, or not made of any gold at all.
The 1904 Olympic Games were the first at which gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded for first, second and third place. Boxing, freestyle wrestling, decathlon and a dumbbells event all made their debuts on the programme.
Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stopped awarding solid gold medals after 1912, the action persisted as a symbolic nod to that tradition.
Athletes taking the podium at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy will receive the most valuable medals in Games history, driven by sharp increases in precious-metal prices. More than 700 gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded across events like skiing, hockey, figure skating, and curling. While their emotional value is priceless, of course, their cash value is climbing fast: since the Paris 2024 Games, gold prices have jumped about 107% and silver nearly 200%. As a result, today’s gold medals are worth roughly $2,300 US, with silver medals nearing $1,400. Bronze medals are made from copper and, at a weight of 420 grams (15 ounces), are worth only about US$5.60 a piece, according to data published by the event organizers.
The medals, made from recycled metals by Italy’s state mint, reflect booming investor demand amid global economic and political uncertainty.
By the way, in a gold medal, only 6 grams out of a total of 506 is pure gold. The rest is made from silver.
Sourced : cnn ,ctv , google .
