American skateboarder Nyjah Huston, who earned a bronze medal in the men’s street skateboarding event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has raised concerns about the quality and durability of his medal. Huston took to social media to express his dissatisfaction with how the medal has deteriorated in a relatively short period.
Nyjah Huston claimed that the medal looked like it went to war, stating, “Medal looks like it went to war and back.” He also suggested that the quality of the medals might need to be reassessed, saying, “Olympic medals, you gotta maybe step up the quality a little bit.”