Paralympic athletes can hear the sound of their medals

a. Listen to their medals

b. Sense their medals by movement

c. Read their medals by hand

d. Both a and c

e. All the above

 

Paralympic athletes winning medals at the Rio Paralympic Games can literally hear the sound of victory.
Paralympians can hear their medals with the assistance of steel balls fitted inside the medals.

• During the Rio Games, athletes biting their medals at the presentation ceremony was a common sight
• But at the Rio Paralympics Games, athletes are holding up medals to their ears- here’s why
• International Paralympic Committee made the gold, silver and bronze medals fitted with steel balls on the inside to make a sound when shaken
• This ensures that visually impaired athletes can hear their medals
• Bronze medal has 16 balls and makes the lowest sound
• Silver medal has 20 balls, while gold medals have 28 balls making the loudest noise
• The medals also have the words “2016 Rio Paralympic Games” written on them in Braille