Paralympic champion Hunter Woodhall has explained the poor condition of his gold medal while asking for advice on the way forward.
Paralympian Hunter Woodhall has revealed the shocking state of his Paris gold medal, just five months on from the Games.
Hunter Woodhall, 26, who won a gold medal in Men’s 400m T62 at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France, following a bronze medal in the same event at the 2020 Paralympics, is the latest athlete to raise concern regarding the poor quality medals.
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Hunter posted a video on his Tiktok saying: “I need an opinion on something. As you might have seen, I accidentally tore the ribbon on my medal from Paris. We reached out and they said they’d fix the ribbon – the only problem is you can’t remove the ribbon without damaging the medal. So I now have two options.”
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During the video, Woodhall showed off the dents and scratches which the medal itself had picked up. “I can send this medal back and they can send me a new medal with a fixed ribbon but it will be a different medal. Or do I keep the original medal and fix the strap, sewing it or whatever, and have a story that goes along with the dings and dents. We really can’t decide.”
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