Winter Olympics organisers investigate reports of damaged medals

2026-02-10 - 00:46

Gold medallist US’s Breezy Johnson poses on the podium of the women’s downhill event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. (AFP pic) ANTHOLZ: The organisers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics said on Monday they were investigating why medals are breaking after being awarded to competitors, including gold medallist skier Breezy Johnson, said they were falling apart. “We are aware of the situation. We have seen the images. Obviously, we are trying to understand in detail if there is a problem,” Andrea Francisi, Milan-Cortina 2026 chief games operating officer, said during a press briefing. Johnson, the American who won gold in the women’s downhill alpine skiing on Sunday, was among the first to encounter the problem when she showed her broken medal at