Olympic gold medals

[ZANYMASTER]

Always wanted to know this about the medals.




http://www.wesh.com/olympicstorch/17177772/detail.html

 

[jhale]

"In 2004, Polish swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak was so moved by children she met who were battling leukemia that she auctioned off her gold medal from the Athens Olympics for $82,500 and donated the money to a Polish leukemia charity.
The Polish Mint later made her a gold replica of her medal."

that is cool.

 

[georgelc86]

Jade in this years medals. Thats a really nice touch.