“Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they are brand new…”
One of the stars of these almost finished 2024 Paris Olympics is, of course, Gabriel Medina. The Brazilian starred in the viral “image of the Games,” put on an absolute show during Teahupoo’s day of days and wound up bringing the bronze medal home.
And herein lies our current trouble.
Bronze, in Olympic street skateboarding, was won by Nyjah Huston. Initially, the 29-year-old seemed very thrilled with his third place finish but later went on a lengthy Instagram sonnet about how sad it made him feel and how it was difficult to keep moving. “Damn the past couple days has been tough, ” the most decorated Street League skater shared, “Since I got home it’s taking everything in me to get out of bed and start living again.”
Huston, of course, wanted to be first though didn’t have what it took to pass Japan’s Yuto Horigome or Arizona’s Jagger Eaton who both smashed him fair and square.
The latest drama, now unspooling, is over the actual, not metaphysical, quality of his best of the worst bauble.
“Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they are brand new,” the car enthusiast opened in a new sad social story, “but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they are apparently not as high quality as you would think.”
He proceeded to flash the medal around, continuing, “I mean look at that thing, it’s looking rough. Even the front is starting to chip off a little. So I don’t know … Olympic medals, you gotta maybe step up the quality a little bit.”
While the Paris Olympic organizers vowed to replace his bronze, surf fans became extremely worried about Medina’s trophy as he, too, has many friends and also operates by the sea where oxidation is known to occur bigly.
Though the three-time champ has not mentioned on his feeds, maybe light a candle ensuring it’s holding up?
Thank you for your service.
