FILE PHOTO - Rio 2016 Olympics communicatons director Mario Andrada gives a news conference at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 6, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - More than 100 medals won at the Rio Olympics have been returned to organisers because they have rusted or developed black spots on them, the games' spokesman said on Friday.
At least 130 medals, mostly bronze and including some from the Paralympics, are being fixed by the Brazilian Mint who made them for last year's event, Mario Andrada told Reuters.
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