Honor will not, the athletes roast that "the silver medal of Tokyo Olympic Games will become scrap in two years"? Netizens: Fading Medals Olympic Games | Medals | Silver Medals
On the evening of July 16th
Canoeing athlete Zheng Pengfei
"Roast"
I won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics two years ago
It has been severely oxidized and turned into scrap iron
This matter quickly sparked heated discussions among netizens
Zheng Pengfei wrote in the article, "I have been keeping this Olympic medal at home for almost 2 years. Today, when I take it out, it's like this, it's scrap metal." He also said that it may be due to improper storage, but this is one of the few cases of medal oxidation in his family.
The reporter noticed that in the photos posted by Zheng Pengfei, there were indeed obvious oxidation marks on the silver part of the medal, which looked like "rusted".
It is reported that on August 3, 2021, Zheng Pengfei and his teammate Liu Hao won the runner up in the men's 1000m double kayak event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
This matter quickly attracted the attention of netizens and surged into the hot search on Weibo.
Some netizens have expressed that this looks like the coating is peeling off.
Some netizens also comforted that if medals fade, honors will not fade.
Some netizens also expressed that they remembered the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics that was "not burned out" back then.
On January 7, 2021, Russian gymnast Daria Valeryevna caught fire at her home, burning almost everything to the point of being unrecognizable. However, the Beijing Olympic gold medal she found in the ruins was intact, and even the ribbon was preserved intact. It is understood that the medal ribbon for the Beijing Olympics is made of double-sided fine woven jacquard made of mulberry silk and polyester synthetic fiber, and has undergone high-tech nano treatment, which has the characteristics of waterproofing, moth resistance, stain resistance, fire resistance, and never fading.
It is worth noting that as early as 2021, some athletes posted claiming that the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics had "peeled off".
On August 24th of that year, Olympic athlete Zhu Xueying posted on her personal Weibo account @ White Peach Oolong Xiaoyuanzi, stating that shortly after the end of the Olympics, her gold medal had already lost a large piece of skin. She said that at first, she noticed that the gold medal was missing a small piece of skin, thinking it was dirty. "I rubbed my hand and found that there was no change, so I dug it out..."
Subsequently, swimming champion Wang Shun stated that the same situation had occurred with his gold medal. "I also scratched it a bit, and it peeled off. I can't pick it anymore," he said.
According to the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, Japan began collecting small household appliances and old mobile phones nationwide for two years from April 1, 2017, extracting pure gold, pure silver, and copper to make Olympic medals. At that time, the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympics specifically reminded athletes that medals from this year's Olympics are not edible and athletes do not need to bite them!
Social media screenshots of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
At that time, in response to the "gold medal peeling" incident, the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games replied that the peeling part was not gold plating, but a layer of coating applied to the surface of the medal to prevent small scratches, dents, and stains from appearing on the medal, providing protection. The material of the coating itself determines that it will not permanently adhere to the surface of the medal. When asked if it was possible to replace medals for athletes, the organizing committee did not provide a direct answer, but instead stated that "even if the surface coating is peeled off, it does not affect the quality of the medals themselves.".
