Soccer star Lynn Williams jokingly referred to her Olympic gold medal as the ‘world’s most expensive coaster’ after its ribbon broke during post-victory celebrations
Lynn Williams was one of the soccer stars who helped Team USA clinch an Olympic gold medal, but now it is, according to the athlete, “the world’s most expensive coaster.”
“Your medal a little string on it and in there was a bar that was holding the ribbon onto my neck,” Williams said in a Thursday, August 22, TikTok video. “Obviously, you guys all saw me swinging the thing around . Ironically, that’s not how it broke.”“I’m sure it didn’t help, but that’s not how it broke. So, I was swinging it around, it was on it was fine,” she recalled. “Then, we were dancing — I think we were playing ‘Strut’ actually — but I had it on my shoulder like a little purse.
“I just think that they should have made these better,” she continued. “They should have made them more sturdy and, honestly, I can’t be faulted for that. So, I don’t know if I’m gonna get it fixed. We are waiting to hear from the .”
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