Jadi Trend Atlet Gigit Pingat Selepas Menang, Tapi Agak-agak Kenapa?

CARI-IIN

Oleh Izzah Abbasy

Tidak kisahlah atlet Malaysia mahupun luar negara dan tidak mengira jenis sukan serta wanita mahupun lelaki, jika mereka menang, pasti akan gigit pingat yang dimiliki.

Daripada dulu lagi, gambar-gambar mereka pasti dengan gaya wajib iaitu gigit pingat. Tapi, kenapa mereka menggigitnya? Usain Bolt gigit pingat emasnya, Simone Biles gigit pingat emasnya, Dato' Lee Ching Wei pun sama dan atlet yang lain pun sama.

Jadi, apa sebenarnya disebalik menggigit pingat ini? Ada simbolik kepada apa-apa ke? Sebenarnya, tak ada apa pun. Mereka gigit pingat semata-mata untuk bergambar sahaja ataupun jurugambar yang suruh. Bukan nak 'test' pingat emas itu betul-betul emas atau coklat emas 50 sen.  

Tapi ada sejarah menarik pada tahun 2010, seorang atlet dari German, David Moeller sumbing gigi depan semasa menggigit pingat perak yang dimenanginya. Jadi, para atelt kena hati-hatilah tau! - CARI  

Sumber: Buzzfeed

Ultra

macam gigit coklat emas tu pulak

zulka

mcm cibai je

madknownz

ade atlet yg kantoi braces gigi masa gigit....

Emperor95

mungkin satu tradisi

Artemesiaa

Gigih nak buktikan dapat yang original bukan plastik

oppol

Dato' Lee Ching Wei yaa...

harisanis

haaa ahh kan..

aTiKah_aYuNi

terbayang aku diaorg nih gigit coklat emas tu....

applemy

Geli la.. mesti busuk bau taik gigi medal tu.. hik2

olafhul

dah mcm gigit biskut meri.

pearl.silver

Lerrr motif tred ni...

pearl.silver

A common fact about the Olympics gold medals is that it is not made of pure solid gold. According to CNN, Olympic gold medals are actually made of 494g of silver and 6g of gold. The last time actual gold medals were given, was in 1912 during the Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
So with the act of biting into their medals, they are actually supposed to check if they are in for a fair deal or not. Biting into a soft metal can actually reveal its purity. Hence, biting into a medal made purely of gold (a soft metal) will leave bite marks on its surface. But if its a gold-plated medal, the gold on the surface might scrape off. Now, mostly, it is on the photographers’ insistence on taking historic photos and, thus, the athletes basically just pose as if biting into their medals for the camera.
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