Team USA skateboarder Nyjah Huston took home the bronze medal in the men’s street competition at the Paris Olympics
“These Olympic medals look great when they’re brand-new, but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they’re apparently not as high quality as you would think,” Huston, 29, said in a Thursday, August 8, Instagram Story video. “Look at that thing: It’s looking rough.”
In a follow-up post on his Instagram Stories, Huston remarked that the medal looked “like it went to war and back.” It’s not known what happened to Huston’s trophy, but he did learn an important lesson about how to keep it looking pristine. Huston placed third in the skateboarding competition behind Japan’s Yuto Horigome and Team USA’s Jagger Eaton.
Huston has since left Paris, ahead of the closing ceremonies, and is now getting back to normal life in California.
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