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The Tokyo 2020 organisers made an fascinating commentary about their medals – which have been made by extracting valuable metals from discarded cellphones and laptops – and inside minutes the tweet had gone viral.
The organisers posted an image of an athlete smiling and biting her gold medal, and wrote, “We simply need to formally affirm that the #Tokyo2020 medals should not edible! Our medals are produced from materials recycled from digital units donated by the Japanese public.
“So, you do not have to chunk them…however we all know you continue to will (face with tongue) #UnitedByEmotion,” reads the tweet.
We simply need to formally affirm that the #Tokyo2020 medals should not edible!
Our 🥇🥈🥉 medals are produced from materials recycled from digital units donated by the Japanese public.
So, you do not have to chunk them… however we all know you continue to will 😛 #UnitedByEmotion
— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) July 25, 2021
The tweet created fairly a buzz on social media with followers praising the organisers for arising with the catchy strains.
“It is vitally candy to chunk, as a result of it is rather onerous to get,” tweeted a fan, whereas one other wrote, “The Greatest Tweet I’ve ever learn since opening day. I’m certain you realize as we speak is the third day, and everyone seems to be wired. Your Tweet made me snigger. Thanks.”
One other fan wrote, “After struggling tougher and tougher, lastly they chunk this biscuit which they want throughout battle.”
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Video games performed the “Tokyo 2020 Medal Mission” to gather small digital units reminiscent of used cellphones from throughout Japan to supply the Olympic and Paralympic medals.
Within the two years between April 2017 and March 2019, 100 per cent of the metals required to fabricate the roughly 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals have been extracted from small digital units contributed by individuals from throughout Japan.
Each medal being awarded to athletes throughout the Video games is produced from recycled metals. IANS
