Tokyo 2020: Organiser unveils Medals

Tokyo 2020: Organisers unveils Medals

By Sampson Adedeji

With just one year to the start of the 2020 Olympic games, the organisers has unveiled the medals that will distributed winners at all levels and categories, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

The medals not only represent the greatest honour for the athletes who win them, but also an opportunity for Japan to showcase its culture to the rest of the world.

To produce these valuable medals, Tokyo 2020 invited Japanese citizens to send in any small electronic devices, such as used mobile phones, to be recycled and used in the manufacture of the approximately 5000 medals.

Tokyo 2020 also launched a medal design competition, inviting the public to submit design ideas for the medals. From the procurement of the metals to the development of the medal design, the entire country of Japan was involved in the production of the medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Nigeria will be among the countries that will be competing for honours in various sports and events.