USWNT star Lynn Williams broke her Olympic gold medal -- here's how!
Williams -- the National Women's Soccer League all-time leading scorer -- held story time with her thousands of followers on TikTok, just weeks after USWNT won their fifth gold medal in Paris."I had it on my shoulder like a little purse," Williams said,"and I was just jumping, dancing, jumping and I jumped down, and it just fell off," explaining how the medal and ribbon separated.
"So everybody was dancing, and I was roaming around trying to get my medal off the ground. It has a dent now, so it's definitely one of a kind.""It's definitely one of a kind," Williams said."Probably swinging around didn't help but I just think that they should have made these better. They should have made them more sturdy and honestly, I can't be faulted for that."The soccer forward said she's in contact with the IOC ...
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