What do athletes do with their medals?
-Mia P., 5, of Elmhurst, Ill. A: “My dad actually keeps watch over them,” says two-time Olympic Taekwondo gold medalist Steven Lopez. “My parents sacrificed a lot for me, so those medals are theirs. My dad is so proud of them, and it is nice to see him filled with joy when we talk about or look at the medals.” “Many of them put the medals away in a bank safe deposit box,” says Helene Elliott, a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. “Bonnie Blair, the speedskater who won six medals [five of them gold], once told me she had a special table built that had a glass top, and she put her medals under the glass. This way, she could use the table and see her medals without worrying that the medals would be damaged!
