SHINE IS OFF MEDALS FROM RIO
Kyle Snyder made history at the Rio Olympics by becoming the youngest American wrestler to win a gold medal. The medal will soon be history as well, to be replaced by the IOC and Rio organizers because of damage. Snyder and Helen Maroulis, another U.S. gold medallist wrestler, are among more than 100 athletes from around the world with defective Olympic medals. Beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings says her bronze medal from last summer is flaking and rusting. Rio Games spokesman Mario Andrada said officials have noted problems with the covering on six to seven per cent of the medals. “The most common issue is that they were dropped or mishandled, and the varnish has come off and they’ve rusted or gone black ... where they were damaged,” Andrada said. Walsh Jenning says her medals tend to get beaten up because she lets people touch them or try them on.