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08-12-2016, 11:56 PM
Here's why Olympic medalists don't get flowers at the Summer Games in Rio
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Olympic medalists traditionally cradle flower bouquets as they hold up gold, silver or bronze medals from a tiered platform. But **t this year in Brazil.
Instead, the world’s best gymnasts, runners, ping-pongers and trampolinists are clutching small wooden sculptures of *Rio's Olympics logo.
SEE ALSO: Olympic athletes are using cupping to heal their muscles, but should you? (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/what-science-says-cupping-phelps-rio/)
The switch from ephemeral flowers to long-lasting lumber is a small part of the Olympic organizing committee’s bigger mission to limit the environmental damage from the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, news outlets reported (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-mystery-solved-why-dont-olympic-medal-winners-get-flowers-195907726.html%20) this week. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/**-flowers-at-rio-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Olympic medalists traditionally cradle flower bouquets as they hold up gold, silver or bronze medals from a tiered platform. But **t this year in Brazil.
Instead, the world’s best gymnasts, runners, ping-pongers and trampolinists are clutching small wooden sculptures of *Rio's Olympics logo.
SEE ALSO: Olympic athletes are using cupping to heal their muscles, but should you? (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/what-science-says-cupping-phelps-rio/)
The switch from ephemeral flowers to long-lasting lumber is a small part of the Olympic organizing committee’s bigger mission to limit the environmental damage from the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, news outlets reported (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-mystery-solved-why-dont-olympic-medal-winners-get-flowers-195907726.html%20) this week. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/**-flowers-at-rio-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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