One other Olympic medal catastrophe … USWNT star Lynn Williams broke her gold medal whereas celebrating Group USA’s win, and he or she’s not completely happy!!!
Williams — the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League (NWSL) all-time main scorer — held story time along with her hundreds of followers on TikTok, simply weeks after USWNT received their fifth gold medal in Paris.
The 31-year-old broke down what occurred.
“I had it on my shoulder like a bit purse,” Williams mentioned, “and I used to be simply leaping, dancing, leaping and I jumped down, and it simply fell off,” explaining how the medal and ribbon separated.
“So everyone was dancing, and I used to be roaming round making an attempt to get my medal off the bottom. It has a dent now, so it is positively one among a sort.”
The medal now has a dent … along with the lacking ribbon.
“It is positively one among a sort,” Williams mentioned. “In all probability swinging round did not assist however I simply suppose that they need to have made these higher. They need to have made them extra sturdy and truthfully, I am unable to be faulted for that.”
Williams added, “How did I get the world’s most costly coaster?!”
The soccer ahead mentioned she’s involved with the IOC … and he or she’s hoping to get it mounted, or changed.
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Williams is not the primary Olympic star to have a difficulty with their medal. USA skateboarder Nyjah Huston‘s bronze medal grew to become tarnished after a couple of days of partying.
In Nyjah’s case, medal producer La Monnaie de Paris informed us they’re giving him a brand new medal.
Here is hoping Williams will get the identical remedy!
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