Who keeps the olympics medals?

Question

do the athletes keeps the medals or it goes to its country itself?

Answer 1

Individual athletes.

Answer 2

The country, they melt all of the medals into 4 giant medals and then hang them around the Presidents at Mt. Rushmore.

Answer 3

The athletes keep them.  

Answer 4

Once the athletes win the medals, they may do whatever they want to them. They may keep them for photo shoots, give them to their agents, they may even sell them but some people like Michael Phelps, they don't know where they are.

Answer 5

The athletes keep them and they can even sell them.

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Answer 6

the athletes that won them duh

Answer 7

the athletes do