Some athletes who took podium spots at last summer's Paris Games say their medals, designed by an LVMH-owned jewelry brand, are visibly deteriorating.

The Olympic medals, which were designed by Chaumet, a luxury jewellery and watch maker and part of the LVMH group, are tarnishing – and the luxury giant has fallen silent.

Now those medals are falling apart — and LVMH has fallen silent. In just over 100 days since the Olympics closed, more than 100 athletes have asked for their crumbling medals to be replaced.

A European Union chrome ban has been blamed for medals awarded in the Paris Olympic Games cracking and crumbling. Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, said the problem of the medals falling apart was ...

Nick Itkin, a US Olympic foil fencer, said his bronze medal started to deteriorate a few days after the Olympics ...

Winning an Olympic medal is a pinnacle moment for most athletes, but the well-earned piece of hardware has turned sour for some of the 2024 Paris Olympics competitors — but, they'll be getting ...

Australian Olympian Natalya Diehm says her bronze medal from the Paris Games started breaking apart within hours of her taking third in the BMX freestyle.

Some of the medals from the Paris Olympics seem to be quickly losing their shine. The French mint told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it is replacing a number of medals from the 2024 Paris ...

Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, said the problem of the medals falling apart was down to a technical ... begun deteriorating a few days after the Olympics. “But after like a few weeks ...