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posted on Thursday, the Olympian shared that her gold medal fell off its ribbon while she was celebrating Team USA’sWilliams explained that the bar on top of the medal holding the ribbon in place broke off while she was dancing. She said she had draped the ribbon over her shoulder “like a purse” and was jumping around before it broke.“I jumped down and it just fell off,” she said. “So everybody was dancing and I was roaming around trying to get my medal off the ground.
The soccer player clarified elsewhere that, although she was filmed swinging her medal around, that was not what caused it to break.on Instagram the day after the U.S. women secured their fifth Olympic title on Aug. 10. One photo showed her holding up her medal, which was detached from the ribbon.“I don’t know, Olympic medals, maybe we gotta step up the quality a little bit,” he wrote, sharing pictures of the medal.
“Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical way to the originals,” the statement continued.Critics Pile On Noah Lyles After Surprising First-Round 100 Heat At Paris OlympicsBy entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.
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