Olympic medals are displayed on a custom-designed trunk by Louis Vuitton at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. © 2024 ...

Last year's Paris Olympics may have been a resounding success but there’s been a snag: some medals are falling apart. More than 100 athletes have complained to the International Olympic ...

As the Paris Olympic medals are embroiled in controversy over discoloration and corrosion issues, criticism against French luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) is intensifying.

Since the 2024 Olympic Games last August, some Olympians who took home bronze, silver, and gold have taken to social media to complain that their medals are already showing signs of wear and tear.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An Olympic medal should last forever. But since the Paris Olympics finished in August, more than 100 athletes, including six ...

The company that designed Olympic medals at the 2024 Paris Games has reportedly hit back after 100 athletes returned their awards complaining of rust and poor quality. LVMH has denied being ...

The high-end luxury goods conglomerate that designed the Paris Olympics medals have denied any responsibility for the poor quality after more than 100 furious athletes returned their rusty gifts.

Fencer Nick Itkin said his bronze medal had begun deteriorating a few days after the Olympics. “But after like a few weeks, it got more noticeable,” he said. In December, Olympians Clément ...

French luxury conglomerate LVMH is denying reports that it is responsible for deteriorating and rusting Olympic medals that were handed out to athletes during the Summer Games in Paris last year.

Olympic chiefs have pledged to replace the defective medals. “Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical way to the originals,” the ...

The bronze medals produced for the Paris Games seem particularly susceptible to deterioration. “In just over 100 days since the Olympics closed, more than 100 athletes have asked for their ...

ST. LOUIS — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the ...