Paris 2024 Olympics underway, the place do I put the medal?

PARIS — Anxiousness first, Olympic doubt after. The place to place that fantastic factor they put round your neck? OK, the cash goes to the financial institution or as a down fee on the home, the cows on the farm, however the medal? The one which price you 4 years (in the event you’re fortunate) of life. Do you place it within the entryway, within the security deposit field, cover it within the sugar jar?

Campriani, Banti and Tamberi

Nicholas CampriansOlympic shooter, three golds and one silver, retains them at residence in a cereal field. However he vows to not open it since 2016. Gianmarco Tamberiexcessive leap champion at Tokyo confesses the uncommon head to head with gold: «A couple of times a 12 months I take out the medal, I take a look at it, I cry, I get emotional. I’ll by no means say the place I preserve it». The sailor Caterina Banti, who lives in Rome, gold in Tokyo with Ruggero Tita within the Nacra 17 blended pair, reveals that she retains the trophy within the closet. «However hidden».

Who shows it and who loses it

The French swimmer Alain Bernardchampion of the 100 freestyle in Beijing 2008, will fortunately inform you: “My gold? No secret. It is in Paris at 64 rue de Lille, within the seventh.” True or false? Completely true. As a result of it’s on show with different medals till the start of November on the Legion of Honor museum. The American Shaun Whitegold in snowboarding on the Turin Video games in 2006, Vancouver in 2010 and Pyeongchang in 2018, can be a champion of carelessness. He misplaced his medals 4 instances. And he discovered them once more. As a result of the nightmare is to neglect them in some kind of protected place. He had hidden them beneath the seat of the automotive. An awesome basic, not precisely worthy of applause.

Essentially the most essential second is if you have a good time them. Summer time night 2004, Athens seaside: Dutch rower Diederik Simonsilver medal, abandons himself to happiness, dancing and enjoyable, when he involves his senses he searches his pockets, rattling the place did it go? He finds nothing and in despair he loses consciousness till a taxi driver who accompanied him comes again and provides it again to him.

There may be at all times the protected

Among the many favourite refuges is the protected. Even when everybody says that it isn’t the worth that counts (about 540 euros), however the emotional one. The French gymnast Émilie The Pennec gold in Athens and the swimmer Laure Manaudoua gold, a silver and a bronze, at all times in 2004, favor to have it at residence. Filippo A cake He retains the gold medal from the Italian relay in Tokyo within the financial institution.

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Pole vaulter Jean GalfioneFrench, gold in Atlanta ’96, now a navigator in Brittany, needs the medal with him, additionally as a result of Paris they burgled his home however they did not take it. However when he exhibits it he by no means places it round his neck. “There’s one thing that stops me from doing it, it isn’t only a piece of metallic. It allowed me to fly to the Sydney Video games in 2000 in firstclass, as a result of I used to be the defending Olympic champion, however I got here again in financial system as a result of I could not qualify for the ultimate.” French wrestler Steeve Guénot not having a protected he gave them to a buddy who works in a safety firm. The American soccer participant Christie Rampone, gold in 2004, 2008 and 2012, hid the medals within the cookware, as a result of it’s “the final place a thief would go rummaging”. Sorry, Christie, now you need to change locations.

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Tony EstanguetFrench canoeist, two golds in Sydney and Athens, now president of Paris 2024, has to thank his father. He is the one who takes care of it. The place does he preserve the medals? In his son’s room blended with the chocolate ones that Tony beloved a lot as a baby. Outdated champions expertise trophies with extra normality: the bike owner Daniel Morelon79 years outdated, gold in Mexico 68 and Monaco 72, he has them effectively positioned on the entrance of his home and they’re the primary topic of dialog for visitors. When you solely have one gold, however it’s a long-record, just like the 8.90 within the lengthy leap by the American Bob Beamon, which lasted 23 years, give it to Christie’s. In February it was auctioned for 441 thousand {dollars}. Reminiscences are priceless. Particularly the great ones.