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CraigSca
12-01-2005, 05:31 AM
So uh...how much did Dunkin Donuts have to pay for this?

Turin medals have hole in the middle

Posted: Wednesday November 30, 2005 1:58PM; Updated: Thursday December 1, 2005 2:02AM

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TURIN, Italy (AP) -- No, athletes at the Winter Games are not being rewarded with gold doughnuts -- it just looks that way.

The new medal design for the Olympics in Turin, unveiled Wednesday, features a hole in the center of the metal disc.

While it may appear as though biathletes have been using them for target practice, the medals are actually meant to represent the open space of an Italian piazza, or city square.

The medals have the Turin logo on one side and images from various sports and disciplines on the other. The red silk ribbon that goes around the winner's neck is looped through the hole in the center.

Emiliano
12-01-2005, 06:53 AM
Saw this today in the newspaper. They said that "it will show the hearth of the athletes"... :confused:

JeeberD
12-01-2005, 08:44 AM
Italian pizzas have holes in the middle? :confused:



;)

ISiddiqui
12-01-2005, 08:50 AM
Eh... it's not bad. Though it doesn't really matter so much with the nice red ribbon going through it.

rkmsuf
12-01-2005, 08:51 AM
What do they play when you put them in the CD player?

Joe
12-01-2005, 09:13 AM
so they just wanted the medals to be cheaper, right?

FrogMan
12-01-2005, 09:15 AM
so they just wanted the medals to be cheaper, right?
or lighter...

FM

Critch
12-01-2005, 10:28 AM
Look terrible, but it's only Winter Olympics so they're not real gold medals anyway.

Honolulu_Blue
12-01-2005, 10:31 AM
I think they look fine.

As for the Winter Olympics versus Summer Olympics debate... Hrmmm... Well, overall I would give the edge to the Summer Olympics, but the Winter Olympics have the best event of all Olympics by far: Olympic Hockey. Oh yeah....

rkmsuf
12-01-2005, 10:41 AM
I'm waiting for Ksyrup to weigh in on this.

sterlingice
12-01-2005, 12:59 PM
In the record books, the names still look the same so I doubt the competitors care that much.

SI

FrogMan
12-01-2005, 01:01 PM
I think they look fine.

As for the Winter Olympics versus Summer Olympics debate... Hrmmm... Well, overall I would give the edge to the Summer Olympics, but the Winter Olympics have the best event of all Olympics by far: Olympic Hockey. Oh yeah....
Oh yeah baby! The only hockey I watch anymore!

FM

Wolfpack
12-01-2005, 09:28 PM
Good, now they can use them as washers whenever they need something tightened with a wrench.

DaddyTorgo
12-01-2005, 09:35 PM
maybe i'm in the minority, or i never looked at the old medals, but i think those are gorgeous

ISiddiqui
12-01-2005, 09:36 PM
And Curling, dammit! I love Curling!

Oh, and speed skating is fun. Especially when they knock into each other and scramble for the finish.

The Winter Games have far more cool sports (no pun intended) than the Summer Games.