American team soccer player Lynn Williams celebrated winning the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics a little too hard!
On Wednesday, August 21, the 31-year-old forward for the US women’s soccer team shared details on TikTok about how she broke her medal, after previously revealing on Instagram on August 11 that the ribbon meant to hang around her neck was no longer attached to hardware.
On August 10, Williams was celebrating Team USA’s 1-0 win over Brazil when part of the medallion broke off.
Showing a heartbroken confession in a TikTok video, the athlete said while preparing food, “I thought it was finally time to tell you the long-awaited question… how did I break my medal? How did I get the most expensive coaster in the world?”
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Williams showed followers how the bar holding the ribbon had disappeared, before interspersing a previous clip of her swinging the medal during an Olympic Games celebration in the new video.
“Ironically, it didn’t snap like that… I’m sure it didn’t help, but it didn’t snap like that,” Williams insisted, admitting she was dancing when it happened.
“I had it on my shoulder like a little purse and I was just jumping, dancing, jumping,” she said in the TikTok video, adding: “And I jumped down, and it just fell. So everyone was dancing, and I was walking around trying to pick it up her medal off the ground, it’s now hollowed out, so it’s definitely unique.”
“I just think they should have made it better, they should have made it tougher, and honestly, I can’t be blamed for that,” Williams insisted, sharing that she had been in contact with the International Olympic Committee about it.
“I don’t know if I’m going to fix it,” Williams said to the camera. “We’re waiting to hear from the IOC, the Olympic Committee. They said I could probably get one. I had to prove to them that it was, in fact, damaged, but now we’re just waiting to see. If not, honestly, I think it’s cool, funny story.”
“It’s time for a story… 🥇”, the soccer star captioned the post.
Players of the United States of America celebrate winning the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women’s gold medal match between Brazil and the United States of America during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Parc des Princes on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France.
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On Aug. 23, an Olympics spokesperson told PEOPLE that “medals are the most coveted items of the Games and the most precious to athletes. Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical manner to the originals.”
Williams’ comments come after Team USA Olympic skateboarder Nyjah Huston showed fans how his bronze medal, won in the men’s street skateboarding final on July 29, is looking a little worse for wear.
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At the time, a spokesperson for Paris 2024 told PEOPLE in a statement: “Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution responsible for the production and quality control of the medals, and together with the National Olympic Committee of the athlete concerned, to understand the circumstances and cause of the medal evaluation damage.”
The post followed up on the same comments shared with PEOPLE on August 23, stating that the damaged medals will be replaced and engraved like the original medal.
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