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Tom Demerly
Aug 23, 08 15:22
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What started this weird Olympic medal tradition of biting the medal?
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I see this a lot onthe podium: Olympic medalists biting their medal. Why do they do that?
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DavHamm
Aug 23, 08 15:28
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I see this a lot onthe podium: Olympic medalists biting their medal. Why do they do that?
They want to get some lead from the paint ;)
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sto
Aug 23, 08 15:36
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Real gold is soft, and when you bite it, it leaves an impression in the gold. Just proves that the medal is really gold, so athletes like to display their real gold medals this way...
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tomikasa
Aug 23, 08 15:38
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I think it has to do with the old days when money was a rare new thing and gold or silver coins were the way to pay people. But just like now there are people who forge money and they used to bite the coins to see it wasn't cheaper stuff that was painted.
Tom Demerly
Aug 23, 08 15:40
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Hmmm- plausible explanation. I wonder why they also do it to the bronze and silver? Perhaps as DaveHamm suggests- it is for mineral fortification!
I once an Olympic Gold Medal won by Sheila Taormina at Atlanta in a swimming relay. It was kind of weird- spooky almost- like holding a moon rock I suppose.
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dereklegg
Aug 23, 08 15:47
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They were hoping it was actually chocolate.
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Aug 23, 08 15:47
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Aug 23, 08 15:54
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They were hoping it was actually chocolate.
ha! serious. its that shitty coin chocolate.
wonder if the value of these medals are like coins, brilliant uncirculated and such, and the bite just lessens the value. or maybe makes it more authentic and worth more?
I don't like everyone ripping gartners retiremment, shoe ceremony though, leaving their shoes on the floor, field, whatever. wasn't that a wrestling only thing? the softball team looked silly. if anything, phelps should plunk his retro sized 14 jordans into the deep end.
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Aug 23, 08 19:10
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I remember as a kid I once bit on a coin and boy did my mom scold me. She told me that is the dirtiest thing you can put in your mouth. Never did it again.
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Aug 23, 08 19:32
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I just assume it's from watching Underdog too many times as a child....
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Aug 23, 08 20:02
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Real gold is soft, and when you bite it, it leaves an impression in the gold. Just proves that the medal is really gold, so athletes like to display their real gold medals this way...
actually gold medals nowadays are made of gold plated silver, so I doubt you'd get any impression...
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Aug 23, 08 20:08
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I see this a lot onthe podium: Olympic medalists biting their medal. Why do they do that?
Do a google search on "why do athletes bite olympic gold medal" you will get a bunch of articles and plausible explanations I didn't read them all some where just forums like slowtwitch
but heres a news article one shows different athletes biting their medal.
http://www.reuters.com/...199520080820?sp=true
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