Over 100 athletes have returned medals they won at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The medals, designed by Chaumet, are falling apart due to issues related to varnish.

Great Britain's women win silver in the team sprint on day one of the European Track Cycling Championships, while the men's ...

A European Union chrome ban has been blamed for medals awarded in the Paris Olympic Games cracking and crumbling. Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, said the problem of the medals falling apart ...

The Monnaie de Paris, the French mint responsible for producing the medals, has admitted to a ... a change in its formula due to recent European Union regulations banning the use of chromium ...

Adam Siao Him Fa’s bid to win the European men’s figure skating title three years running has ended with a bronze medal after ...

“Damaged medals will be systematically replaced ... but the coating was weakened after the mint changed it to conform to recent European Union regulations banning the use of chromium trioxide ...

More than 100 damaged medals, mostly bronze, will be ‘systematically replaced’, after degrading in the months since last year’s Games A European Union chrome ban has been blamed for medals ...