“Strange story”. Vaitsekhovskaya – about the news of the sale of the Olympic medal of figure skater Zaitsev

Olympic diving champion Yelena Vaytsekhovskaya has commented on the report that the gold medal awarded to Soviet figure skater Alexander Zaitsev at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, USA has been auctioned off.

Earlier, auction site RR Auction reported that Zaitsev’s medal sold for $93,748.

— Strange story. He claims himself that he did not sell and has no idea who put his medal up for auction. But the fact is that the name of the owner is not indicated on the Olympic medals. And it’s not on the box. And the certificate isn’t attached to any of that (at least it wasn’t attached then).

Until a certain time, all medals were made according to a single model, and the maximum they have is an engraving on the edge with the name of the sport (not even the discipline). On mine, for example, there is an inscription Swimming along the edge, that is to say to swim, and there is no way, by picking it up, to determine that it is a medal awarded for the victory in diving from a 10-meter tower.

But collectors paying big bucks for a rarity can’t get guarantees before making a purchase? — Vaitsekhovskaya wrote in the Telegram channel .

Zaitsev won the 1980 Games in a duet with Irina Rodnina. They also won the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck. From 1973 to 1980, the couple won all the competitions in which they participated.