Why is it when people receive the gold medal in the Olympics they tend to bite it?

Question

Why is it when people receive the gold medal in the Olympics they tend to bite it?

Answer 1

they want 2 know if its real gold!!!

smart

Answer 2

They think that it's actually chocolate.

She/He just won a medal, people get hungry.

Answer 3

Because in the old days, since gold is a soft metal, the way to prove it was real was to bite it.  If your teeth left a mark it was real.  So now it's a cliche for demonstrating that it's a genuine gold medal.

Answer 4

if they bite it it is to see that it is in fact real gold.

Answer 5

if they bite it and it leaves a mark, that means it is real gold.

Answer 6

i thought they kissed it =S

Answer 7

When you have a piece of gold you can bite it to make sure it's real gold, my guess is that they are biting it to check.  

Answer 8

who knows, maybe they like it too much

Answer 9

Nadal want to bite his trophy while he won the Wimbleton

Answer 10

yes its a bad thing to do. i guess the cameramen ask them to bite it. besides, the medal is NOT even real gold. its made of silver with goldplating. so above posts that they are checking to see if its real gold is totally wrong.