Rio 2016 Olympic Gold Medals Feature Very Little Gold

By Hannah Abrams

This year's Olympic gold medals feature a very small amount of gold. (Image via The Associated Press)

This year, the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has taken a different approach to the prized bronze, silver and gold medals. We reported earlier that this year's medals show a commitment to environmental sustainability, as well as ethical material sourcing. However, this also means those prized gold medals are not so gold, after all.

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Hannah Abrams is the senior content editor for Promo Marketing. In her free time, she enjoys coming up with excuses to avoid exercise, visiting her hometown in Los Angeles and rallying for Leonardo DiCaprio to win his ~~first~~ second Academy Award.