Iran’s Ghasem Ghiamreza Rezaei bites his gold medal on the podium after he won the Men’s 96kg Greco-Roman gold medal fight at the Excel Centre in London. The origin of the oddity lies in the notion of testing the purity of the medal. In their pure forms, gold and silver are both soft enough to mark with your teeth.
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South Korea’s Kim Hyeonwoo winner of the gold medal of 66kg Greco Roman Wrestling of the London 2012 Olympic Games bites his medal.
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Serena Williams bites her gold medal after beating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 in the Tennis Women’s Singles event.
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Women Archery individual event Gold medalist South Korea’s Ki Bo Bae bites her medal.
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Jamie Lynn Gray of the United States bites her Gold medal after winning the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting Finals.
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Silver medalist South Korea’s Choi Young Rae bites his medal on the podium after winning second place in the men’s 50m pistol final.
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Croatia’s Giovanni Cernogoraz winner of the gold medal in the men’s trap final, bites his medal on the podium.
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Gold Medalist Cuban Mijain Lopez Nunez bites his medal during the medal ceremony of the men’s 120 kg greco roman style.
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Gold medallist Britain’s Alistair Brownlee bites his medal on the podium of the men’s triathlon.
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Spain’s Marina Alabau Neira bites her gold medal as she poses on the podium after winning the RS:X sailing class.
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David Cal Figueroa of Spain celebrates and bites his silver medal in the Canoe Single (C1) 1000m Men’s final.
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Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania bites her gold medal after the women’s 100m breaststroke Swimming competition.
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Wai Sze Lee of Hong Kong bites the bronze medal after the track cycling women’s keirin event.
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Cuba’s Leuris Pupo bites his gold medal, following the victory ceremony for the men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol.
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Italy’s Jessica Rossi bites her gold medal, following the victory ceremony for the women’s trap event.
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Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee, middle, bites the gold medal, Spain’s Javier Gomez, (L), the silver medal and Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee the bronze medal in a ceremony for the men’s triathlon.
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South Korea’s Oh Jin Hyek bites his gold medal during the victory ceremony for the men’s individual archery event.
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Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic bites his gold medal during the men’s 400m hurdles victory ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.
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Gold medallist Britain’s Greg Rutherford bites his medal during the men’s long jump victory ceremony.
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Gold medallist Britain’s Jessica Ennis bites her medal at the women’s heptathlon victory ceremony.
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Czech Republic’s silver medallist Vavrinec Hradilek bites his medal on the podium during the victory ceremony for the men’s kayak (K1) finals at Lee Valley White Water Centre.
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Kazakhstan’s Alexandr Vinokurov bites his gold medal during the victory ceremony after the men’s cycling road race.
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France’s Bryan Coquard bites his silver medal during the victory ceremony for the track cycling men’s omnium event at the Velodrome.
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Aliya Mustafina of Russia bites her gold medal during the women’s gymnastics asymmetric bars victory ceremony.
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U.S. Gold medallist Kayla Harrison bites her medal as she celebrates during the awards ceremony for the women’s -78kg judo competition.
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South Korea’s Kim Jangmi bites her gold medal after the victory ceremony for the women’s 25m pistol shooting.
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U.S. Ryan Lochte bites his gold medal for the men’s 400m individual medley at the Aquatics Centre.
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China’s Xiaojun Lu bites his gold medal at the podium of the men’s 77Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue.
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Camille Muffat of France bites her Gold Medal for the Women’s 400M Freestyle Final.
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Eirik Veras Larsen of Norway celebrates and bites his gold medal in the Kayak Single (K1) 1000m Men race.
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