Harper and Huston say Paris 2024 medals have tarnished

British diver Yasmin Harper says her Olympic bronze badge is showing signs of "tarnishing" aft American skateboarder Nyjah Huston criticised nan value of his medal.

Huston, who vanished 3rd successful nan men's thoroughfare skateboarding connected 29 July, posted a video of his badge appearing to look discoloured and chipped.

Harper won Team GB's first badge of Paris 2024, claiming bronze pinch partner Scarlett Mew Jensen successful nan women's 3m synchronised springboard diving.

"There's been immoderate mini bits of tarnishing," said Harper aft finishing 5th successful nan 3m springboard last connected Friday.

"I deliberation it's h2o aliases thing that gets nether metal, it's making it spell a small spot discoloured, but I'm not sure."

However, Harper, 24, said she was not bothered by nan business "because it's still a medal".

Paris 2024 organisers said immoderate damaged medals will beryllium replaced.

In a bid of Instagram stories, Huston said: "These Olympic medals look awesome erstwhile they're marque new.

"But aft letting it beryllium connected my tegument pinch immoderate sweat for a small spot and past letting my friends deterioration it complete nan weekend, they're apparently not arsenic precocious value arsenic you would think."

Huston, 29, past showed nan badge connected some sides, saying it is "looking rough" and "even nan beforehand is starting to spot disconnected a little".

He added: "Olympic medals, you've possibly sewage to measurement up nan value a small bit."

The medals were designed by French luxury jeweller Chaumet and are group pinch a portion of robust taken from nan Eiffel Tower during renewal successful nan 20th Century.

Paris 2024 organisers said they were alert of Huston's comments.

A Games spokesperson added: "Paris 2024 is moving intimately pinch nan Monnaie de Paris, nan institution tasked pinch nan accumulation and value power of nan medals, and together pinch nan nationalist Olympic committee of nan jock concerned, successful bid to appraise nan badge to understand nan circumstances and origin of nan damage.

"The medals are nan astir coveted objects of nan Games and nan astir precious for nan athletes.

"Damaged medals will beryllium systematically replaced by nan Monnaie de Paris and engraved successful an identical measurement to nan originals.”