Mystery of breaking medals baffles Milano Winter Olympics organisersWhether gold, silver or bronze, there is one thing Milano Cortina Winter Olympics medals have in common: they can break. “We are fully aware of the situation and you have seen the pictures,” Milano Cortina Chief Games Operations Officer Andrea Francisi told a press conference on Monday. Sweden’s cross-country skier Ebba Andersson’s silver prize from the women’s skiathlon suffered a similar fate. “The medal fell in the snow and broke in two,” Andersson was quoted as saying by Swedish broadcaster SVT. “Now I hope the organizers have a ‘Plan B’ for broken medals.”

Source: Daily Nation February 10, 2026 07:07 UTC