An Olympic gold medallist will be given a new gold medal after the mayor of her hometown chomped on the first. 🥇
Takashi Kawamura, mayor of Japanese city Nagoya, sparked fury online when he
lowered his mask and bit on softball athlete Miu Goto’s medal at an event.
He was accused of ignoring Covid-19 restrictions and “lacking respect”.
Olympic officials say they will swap Ms. Goto’s medal for an untarnished one after the
the mayor apologised and said he would pay for a replacement.
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