Winning an Olympic medal is priceless! If I ever had one placed around my neck, I'd never take it off. After seeing a tweet today about the real, monetary value of an Olympic medal, I couldn't believe what I read! The medals are actually worth very little.
As I type, I'm watching the Women's 400 M Freestyle swimming event on NBC. I LOVE the Summer Olympics. Imagine standing on the Olympic podium and having a medal placed around your neck as the anthem plays. Totally did a double-take just now as I saw a Tweet showing the actual monetary value of an Olympic medal!
Our friend, Darren Rovell, posted a break down of what the current market value is of each precious medal. A Gold Medal has just 6 grams of gold and 500 grams of sliver (bummer...I thought it was ALL gold!). With the value of price of gold around $57 per gram and the gold being made mostly of silver (again...seriously?), a gold medal is only worth $753.36!
An athlete trains their entire life and earns a Bronze medal at the Olympics and when it comes time to pay taxes, the only claim $4.38. Wow.
Can you believe how little the medals are actually worth? I think we should give the medalists at least an fully gold medal if they win one!
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