Space Age Olympics

Gold-MedalNot only will there be the precious metal gold in the upcoming 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Gold Medals, but a few gold winners will receive with medals that are embedded with shards of meteorite. The meteorite-imbedded medals will be presented to the winning athletes on February 15, 2014 – which is the one year-anniversary of the meteor strike in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.

[Via GearJunkie: Meteorite Shards Embedded In Gold Medals At Sochi 2014 Olympic Games]

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