Explainer: How valuable are the 2024 Olympic Games medals?
Kenya's Margaret Chelimo leads contestants in women's 10,000m final race at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, on August 9, 2024, during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Women athletes have brought a whole new dimension in sports. They come out of the tunnel as if directly from a beauty salon, fresh-faced, some with different wigs, hairstyle and elaborate nails.
American beauty products companies are using the games to piggy-back on the Olympics.
Competitors, chiefly in gymnastics and athletics, are making nails a big part of their look.
What is the value of the gold medal being awarded to top finishers at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris?
All the medals have a diameter of 85 millimetres and a thickness of 9.2 millimetres, and each weighs between 455 and 529 grams. The gold medal is made with six grams of gold plating, and silver accounts for the remainder of the total weight.
