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Sports lovers are eagerly waiting for the Olympics 2024 to be held in Paris. This great sports event will start from July 26. Earlier in 2020, Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in javelin throw for India in the Tokyo Olympics. Now India is expected to get more gold medals this time. A gold medal means a lot to any athlete and country. So are the medals given to the players made entirely of gold?
Is the medal gold?
The gold medal is not completely gold. However, gold foil is added to the medal. The medal is made of silver, which is polished with gold. The last time real gold medals were awarded in the Olympics was in the 1912 Stockholm Games. After that only gold-polished medals are awarded. However, for a player, the medal is priceless as he works hard day and night to get it.
Rules for the medal
The International Olympic Committee sets rules for all medals. According to the rules of the committee, a gold medal must contain at least 6 grams of gold. The rest of the medal is made of silver. Apart from this, the diameter of the medal should be at least 60 mm and the thickness should be 3 mm. A gold medal weighs about half a kilo.
Apart from gold, the silver medal is made entirely of silver. This medal also weighs half a kilo. The bronze medal is lighter than the other two medals. These medals are mainly made of copper with some zinc added to it. This medal weighs less than half a kilo and about 50 grams.