Gold medal, bronze medal, it's all good.

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Medal mix-up at ISU Grand Prix 2019 in Grenoble

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2019 Nov 18

Medal mix-up at ISU Grand Prix 2019 in Grenoble - Ladies Victory Ceremony.
Mariah Bell receives gold medal by mistake (instead of Alena Kostornaia). Alina Zagitova points it out...

Ошибка на церемонии награждения на Гран-при 2019 в Гренобле.
Мерайя Белл получила золото.

(extract from my own full video of the medal awards ceremony)
Internationaux de France 2019

[Xavier Breath]

1. I remember a comedian some years ago

who did a bit about Olympic medals. He said "If you win a gold medal, everyone congratulates you. If you win a bronze, they tell you how lucky you were to medal against such stiff competition. But if you win a silver, everyone just wants to know how much you lost by."

[PoliticAverse]

2. Fun fact - The Olympic gold medal is made with at least 92.5% silver. n/t

[Angleae]

3. Not always. Each olympics, the hosting group gets to design the medals however they want.

Now while I agree that the gold medals aren't ever solid gold, other metals have been used. In 1992, in Norway, they were clear plastic with a block of polished granite inside.