Following Zhu Xueying's Tokyo Olympic gold medal "Bald Skin", Xu Lijia, a Chinese female sailing athlete and Gold medalist in the London Olympic sailing laser Reddir class, also said that her sailing gold medal at the London Olympics was "oxidized"!
On September 10, Xu Lijia posted a video on her personal Weibo, saying: "The Olympic gold medal taken home for a few days may be 'peeled', so what if it is released for 9 years?" Don't dare to look..."
Video source: @Xu Lijia
Xu Lijia introduced in the video that she donated the medals, some equipment and training diaries from her sports career to the China Maritime Museum.
When she returned to the China Maritime Museum, she "didn't look at it and didn't know it, I was shocked to see it." The sailing gold medal she won at the London Olympics was "oxidized".
After discovering the oxidation of the gold medal, a teacher at the China Maritime Museum helped Xu Lijia carry out some cleanup and restoration.
According to a teacher at the museum, the gold medal was made of sterling silver, but the surface was plated with a layer of gold, so it would oxidize. Fortunately, after cleaning up, it is now basically back to its original state.
At the same time, the bronze medal of the Beijing Olympic Games hanging aside is intact. Xu Lijia said, "No wonder everyone says that the quality of the Beijing Olympic medals is the best."
Not only Xu Lijia, but also Former Chinese women's gymnastics team member and Olympic champion Deng Linlin also felt the same way.
On August 4, Deng Linlin showed the gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games and the gold medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games respectively.
Deng Linlin said that the gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games is the highest in gold content, there will be tooth marks when bitten, and the surface is still shiny as new.
And the gold medal of the London Olympic Games has been oxidized on the surface, and the serious fading is obvious, and it looks like it is a bronze medal...
Gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, famous for its "gold inlaid jade" craft. What is less known is that the strict "quality control" of the Medal of the Beijing Olympic Games can ensure that the 2-meter high altitude is not damaged.
In addition, the medal of "gold inlaid jade" also achieved "real gold is not afraid of fire refining".
At the beginning of this year, a fire broke out in the home of Russian rhythmic gymnast Darya, the gold medalist in the rhythmic gymnastics team event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Many of Daria's things were burned, but to her surprise, in the room that had been baptized with flames, the "gold inlaid jade" was still intact, and even the ribbon had not been burned!
Source: Beijing Daily WeChat