Why gold medallists likes bite the medal for pictures?

Question

Why gold medallists likes bite the medal for pictures?

Answer 1

It's yummy!

Answer 2

Rafa Nadal does it a lot with Trophies he has won i.e. French Open, Wimbledon...

It's a thing winners like to do to show the award is real and to assure themselves that they have really won it.  

Answer 3

That is one way to prove it's solid gold - if you can make a dent in it with your teeth.

Answer 4

I know it looks so freaking stupidly g*y

Answer 5

to check if its real gold metal.

Answer 6

They think there's chocolate inside them!

Answer 7

show off their white teeth

Answer 8

To show that it is real and how valuable it is

Answer 9

Thats how people used to tell if gold was authentic  

Answer 10

they hope they are chocolate like the ones on your xmas tree

Answer 11

GOLD!  

dah!

Answer 12

Must have something to do with how people used to bite gold to check if it was real, gold being quite a pliable metal. I remember seeing someone do it in an episode of "Five Children and It" once.

Answer 13

I could be wrong but long ago, gold miners used to bite gold to see if it was real.  I think they're just doing this to show the world its a gold medal!  

Answer 14

don't they kiss it just because there happy and proud. =)

Answer 15

its a tradition thats all. like the milk after winning the indy, or kissing the stanley cup after winning it.

Answer 16

cuz they cannot believe they have won gold and they want to see if it's real..and not chocolate

Answer 17

I'm wondering if they want to show that the medal is Gold, I think only the first one finished in first place among others, they literally bitten the medal

Answer 18

to show that it's not chocolate