India's Olympic Bronze Disintegrating Before Our Eyes: Unbelievable Proof

🞳 ^Oxidation 👀?

Indian hockey team's Olympic bronze medal won in Tokyo recently has stirred up a mixture of emotions on the web. Following the medal ceremony, bronze medal winners from several countries, including India, took to social media, addressing the fans by displaying their coveted bronze medals. Although these bronzed objects spark a sense of pride in citizens of the winning nations, some of these recent medal-winning pictures reveal an ugly truth.

A closer inspection of Indian hockey team players holding their recently won medals exposed extreme wear and tear to the bronze finish 'in weeks'.

Looking at the 'clean vs. ruined' contrast displayed in images from online posts that have drawn attention to the condition on the online space has kindled mixed reactions from horrified citizens to some who joked about the rapid downfall.

When oxidation occurs in the given metal compounds, natural degradation (over time or under certain conditions) usually can make it less durable or less visually pleasing, leading several fans of the hockey team calling out this probable scenario. Even then, there are certainly more constructive assessments suggesting an effect that no one knew something like this could potentially befall their token to victory so quickly.

Numerous recommendations from fans and non-experts include metal preserver sprays or sealants which can resolve the issue at hand - the majority view being thoda nimbu laga ke ghis do (relish the metal bronze hue with a squeeze of nimbu).