Purity check? Then why do athletes still bite their medals? Because the photographers ask them to. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Share this —. Follow today. More Brands. These medals are actually made out of recycled metals from electronic devices from Japan :. In the two years between April and March , percent of the metals required to manufacture the approximately 5, gold, silver and bronze medals were extracted from small electronic devices contributed by people from all over Japan.
Every single medal to be awarded to athletes during the Tokyo Games is made from recycled metals. We hope that our project of recycling small consumer electronics and our efforts to contribute to an environmentally-friendly and sustainable society will form part of the legacy of the Tokyo Games. There is some. From The Scotsman :. The Olympic gold medals, while having a shiny gold exterior and status that would suggest they are cut largely from the luxury metal, are actually mostly composed of silver — with the required ratio of silver in Olympic gold medals being at least However, to give them that gilded, gold edge that makes them so sought after, the gold medals must also contain at least six grams of gold and measure at least 60mm in diameter and three millimetres thick.
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