パリ五輪の「欠陥メダル」を交換へ　ＩＯＣ

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）は１３日、ＡＦＰの取材で、２０２４年パリ五輪の「欠陥メダル」が交換されることを明らかにした。（写真は、パリ五輪、スケートボード・男子ストリート決勝。表彰式後、銅メダルを手にする米国のナイジャ・ヒューストン）
　ＩＯＣは、パリ五輪の大会組織委員会がメダルの製造と品質管理を担当したパリ造幣局と連携し、メダルに関する苦情を評価し、損傷の状況と原因を把握するために取り組んでいると述べた。
　「欠陥メダル」はパリ造幣局によって交換され、これまでと同じ刻印が施されるという。
　ＡＦＰの取材に応じたパリ造幣局の担当者は、「欠陥」という表現に反論し、昨年８月以降にアスリートから「損傷」の報告があったメダルはすでに交換されていると述べた。
　仏オンラインメディアの「ラ・レットル」では、メダルが劣化して不満を訴えたアスリートから、これまでに１００個以上の「欠陥メダル」が返却されたと報じられている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/01/14-17:08）

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told AFP Monday that the defective medals from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will be replaced with identical models.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris (the French state mint), the institution responsible for the manufacture and quality control of the medals, to assess any complaints about the medals and to understand the circumstances and cause of any damage, the IOC said.
Defective medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved identically.
The replacement process should begin in the coming weeks.
When contacted by AFP, a spokesperson for the Monnaie de Paris refuted the term defective and said that the medals signalled by athletes as being damaged since the month of August have already been replaced.
We have replaced all the damaged medals since August and we will continue to do so in the same professional manner as before, said the spokesperson, adding that replacements were underway and were being made as requests come in.
According to French online media outlet La Lettre, more than 100 defective medals have been returned by disgruntled athletes, who have seen their awards deteriorate.
Some Olympians from the Paris Games took to social media to share photos of their medals.
One such athlete was American skateboarder Nyjah Huston, who won bronze in the street skateboarding competition on July 29.
Ten days later he posted a picture of his medal, where he complained about its quality.
These Olympic medals look great when they're brand new, but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they're apparently not as high quality as you would think, he said.
It's looking rough. Even the front. It's starting to chip off a little.
According to La Lettre, the medals had to bear the brunt of the new products used, as new regulations banned a component of the varnish previously employed and had to be replaced at short notice.
The 5,084 gold, silver and bronze medals for Paris 2024 were designed by luxury jewellery and watch firm Chaumet (part of the LVMH conglomerate) and produced by the Monnaie de Paris.
Each medal contains a small piece of the Eiffel Tower, taken from the stocks of the Parisian monument's operating company.