Italy's national mint will repair faulty medal fixings for athletes at the Milan Cortina Olympics, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The problem, identified in the opening days of the Winter Games, involves ribbons and clasps, rather than the gold, silver, or bronze medal designs themselves.
Olympic organizing committee spokesman Luca Casassa confirmed, "A limited number of medals have had a few problems." He added that a "targeted intervention" was agreed with Rome's Zecca dello Stato (state mint), which produced the awards.
