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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Personally I think that looks like crap.
Leave it to the most corrupt group of individuals on earth to try and make more money by saving on some precious metals.
What a joke.
MYK
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Reading your original post I'm not 100% sure if you're implying that Italians or the IOC are corrupt. Might want to clarify.
As for thinking that they're saving a few bucks on gold to line their own pockets - c'mon get real. How much are we talking about here, $100K in gold? Saving money probably had less of a factor to do with this "hole" design than fashion and style - refer to the sick plastic POS known as the "World Cup of Hockey".
It's not like Calgary can really judge the Italians on this one. The 88 medals had a native Chief with his headdress feathers replaced with ski poles, rifles, skis, and other long & pointy winter items. Pretty fromage IMHO, I'd take the donut hole over that....