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they can afford $50 billion for the Olympics, but won't spend $2 Million for Medals
The Winners Come Last
There’s not much gold in a gold medal. It’s one of those famous misnomers, like a peanut not actually being a nut and how we drive on parkways and park on driveways. Since gold is expensive (duh) and making a substantially-weighted pure-gold medal for all 98 winners at the Winter Olympics would cost more than $2 million, a combination of metals is used to create Sochi golds
How much is an Olympic gold medal actually worth? | For The Win
The Winners Come Last
There’s not much gold in a gold medal. It’s one of those famous misnomers, like a peanut not actually being a nut and how we drive on parkways and park on driveways. Since gold is expensive (duh) and making a substantially-weighted pure-gold medal for all 98 winners at the Winter Olympics would cost more than $2 million, a combination of metals is used to create Sochi golds
How much is an Olympic gold medal actually worth? | For The Win