Why olympians bite medals

If you're wondering whether anyone has chipped a tooth doing this, the answer is: of course. In , German luger David Moeller broke off the corner of his tooth chomping on his silver medal. Good thing his mother is a dentist.

Of course, biting on gold used to be a way to tell if it was genuine the real thing will show slight bite marks. Beatrice de Lavalette lost her legs in a terror attack. Now, she's competing in the Paralympics. Paralympic Games kick off with vibrant Opening Ceremony. Oz Sanchez's Paralympic success is a 'testament to the person I've become'. Netflix's 'Rising Phoenix' documentary will make you laugh and cry. This year-old won silver at her first Olympics.

Biles speaks out after Olympic achievement. We've seen it numerous times at the Tokyo Olympic Games already, across a host of disciplines. The official Tokyo account even went as far on Sunday to try to remind people that the medals are not, in fact, edible. Swiss cyclist Marlen Reusser poses for a photograph and bites her silver medal after the women's individual time trial.

So, you don't have to bite them Read More. But why do these victorious athletes decide to celebrate their coronation by pretending to take a bite out of their gold medals? But he believes that medal biting is more than Olympians simply acting like winners. And even if the Olympians do indent their medals, it makes the prize individual; bite imprints are as unique as the swirls on our digits.

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