Olympics officials are investigating why medals keep breaking at the 2026 Winter Games after a number of athletes complained about the problem.
Winners may want to reconsider the tradition of biting their metal prizes, which appear to be surprisingly brittle. Swedish cross-country skier Ebba Andersson said her medal “fell in the snow and broke in two”, while the American downhill skiing champion Breezy Johnson showed her cracked medal to reporters. “I was jumping up and down in excitement, then it just fell off,” she said.
