The medals for August’s track and field world championships were released Tuesday. The Moscow organizers deserve style points for originality.
BREAKING: 1st look at #moscow2013 world #athletics champs gold medal. Apologies for quality. Thanks @RykovTheBest pic.twitter.com/8WSr7tsTg3
— R-Sport (@rsport_en) July 30, 2013
R-Sport described them as having a hollowed-out whirlwind design.
“There is everything I like about these medals,” IAAF vice president Seb Coe said, according to R-Sport. “It’s traditional in shape and it feels right in the athlete’s hand. I think it is a perfect medal.”
Moscow 2013 already has a leg up on the World Games, which have a misspelling on their medals, and the World University Games, whose medals shattered if you dropped them.
The world championships run Aug. 10-18.
