Why Olympic winners only get a silver medal

With the Winter Olympics starting in Sochi, Russia, this short report looks at the nature of the Olympic Gold medal itself. Given to the best athletes in their respective disciplines, it is the logical prize to recognize the ultimate achievenment. Unfortunately for the winning athletes though, the medals themself don't do justice to the fantastic efforts the athletes go to in winning them, with very little actual physical gold in the medals. It wasn't always that way.........