An Irish Olympic athlete said he was asked to return his bronze medal after it started deteriorating.
An Irish athlete said he had to return his Olympic bronze medal for research after the award began deteriorating.
Daire Lynch, an Irish rower who placed third in the Double Sculls competition, claimed he needed to have his medal replaced after the condition of it began to decline.
“I wanted to keep mine but they wanted to take it away for research. They want to see what is wrong with the medals”, Lynch said on Ireland AM.
Lynch’s partner in the race, Philip Doyle, said his medal is also quickly falling apart.
“Mine is gone wrecked. It’s nearly gone the next layer down”, Doyle said.
He said the issue is occurring in some gold medals as well, but the bronze “seems to be a chronic issue.
