New Delhi: The start of the Tokyo Olympics (Tokyo 2020), which was postponed for a year due to the Coronavirus, is now just days away from counting. Athletes from all over the world put many years of life on the only goal of how they reach the Olympic podium. The medal symbolizes the player's years of hard work, sacrifice, and dedication. Winning a medal at the Olympics is a great achievement for you. But every player who participates in this mega summer of sports has a dream of winning gold. The Olympics of this time are therefore also special. Because the public's support has been taken in preparing the medal.
In preparing the Olympic Medals, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee (Tokyo 2020) collected small electronic devices such as mobile phones used from all over Japan. The Tokyo 2020 Medal Project was launched for this purpose. Between April 2017 and March 2019, municipal corporations of different states collected about 78,985 tonnes of used electronic items from the citizens of the country. This includes mobile phones.
You will be surprised to know that in preparing the medal, the Organizing Committee collected a total of 32 kg of gold, about 3500 kg of silver, and 2200 kg of brass from the people. A total of 5,000 medals have been made from these metals collected. The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee may have received 32 kg of gold from people. But the medals are not made entirely of gold. It uses nominal gold. Only gold water has been offered on the medal.
How much gold in a gold medal ? Players at the Tokyo Olympics will be given gold medals. It must be actually made of silver. Only 6 grams of gold has been used to prepare a 556-gram gold medal. Gold has been plating on this medal. The last time players were awarded real gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. According to the International Olympic association's current guideline, the gold medal should contain at least 6 grams of gold. That is, silver is the most part of the medal. Also, the medals should be at least 60 mm in diameter and 3 mm thick. The silver medal that will be awarded to the athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will weigh 550 grams. On the other hand, the bronze medal will weigh 450 grams. 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc are used to produce bronze medals.
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