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5 Gold Olympic Facts

Published 02/07/2014, 12:43 PM
Updated 05/14/2017, 06:45 AM
  1. 860 gold medals have been won at the Winter Olympics. 107 were won by Norway.
  2. The Sochi gold medals are worth 20% less than the record $708 value of the London Olympic gold medals. This is due to the lower gold price, rather than the tight Russians.
  3. There is as much silver in the Sochi gold medals as there are in the Sochi silver medals – 525g.
  4. The International Olympic Committee stipulates that there must be at least 6g of gold in each gold medal. Hence why there are just 6g of gold in the Sochi Olympic gold medals.
  5. Those gold medallists who are lucky enough to win on the 15th Feb will get an extra special medal. Those medals will contain pieces of a Russian meteor. They are being awarded on that day to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the seismic event.

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