What not to do with your Olympic medal
Risqué pictures of U.S. snowboard medallist Scott Lago surface, send him packing
Snowboard halfpipe bronze medallist Scott Lago, of the U.S., joined the revellers in the Vancouver streets on Thursday. But when photos showed up on TMZ—of him holding his medal around his waist as a woman knelt down to kiss it and another photo of the same woman biting the medal—an embarrassed Lago apologized and went home early. All U.S. athletes attended a special ambassador program to promote proper conduct during the Games.
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