Cool Olympic Picture of the Day: The London 2012 Olympic Medals!

July 31 2011, 7:38pm

Some info from the website offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/07/28/london-unveils-new-olympic-medals/ At 400 grams, 85 millimeters in diameter and seven millimeters thick, it is the heaviest Olympic medal ever. The rear of the London medals show the controversial 2012 Games logo over a ribbon representing the River Thames through the middle of London, and a pick-up sticks geometric figure that officials [...]