Paris Olympic Medalists Got More Prizes After the Podium — See the Special Display They Get to Memorialize Wins

Mar. 15, 2025

Imogen Grant shows off her gold medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics.Photo:Imogen Grant/TikTok

Imogen Grant/TikTok

British rower Imogen Grant — who won gold with Emily Craig in the women’s lightweight double sculls on Aug. 2 — offered an in-depth look at the special display box and certificate that athletes are given to store their Olympic medals in avideoshared on TikTok.

“And even better…this is the box,” Grant said in the video, describing the display as “so big,” as she propped up the navy blue display box for her medal.

After unlatching the two clasps at the front of the display case, Grant — with a wide grin — opened the box and revealed her gold medal inside.

The athlete also shared her certificate of authenticity for the medal, which is made with 18 grams of iron taken from the 1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images

Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Speaking to theBBCafter winning gold in Paris, Grant said the race was “probably one of the best races we’ve done together” and the “most complete.”

Grant told the outlet that her experience in Tokyo discouraged her, leading her to think that medaling in the Olympics “might never happen.”

“Then it has happened in the best way possible, so it just feels amazing,” Grant told the BBC.

source: people.com