The mint in France responsible for producing medals for the 2024 Summer Olympics will replace some of the hardware given out to athletes following complaints of deterioration in the medal varnish.

The Olympics are the most prestigious sporting event in the world, and the medals are hard to come by. Over 10,000 athletes will compete for hundreds of medals in Paris this year. Participants can ...

Olympic medals are primarily silver, with gold medals plated in gold. This article details their composition and the ...

But its most significant role involved the Olympic medals, which were designed by Chaumet, a luxury jewellery and watch maker and part of the LVMH group. Gold, silver and bronze – the very best ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...