“Pure Gold Can” 1992 Olympics Award Discovered to be Fake

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Olympic champion accuses Jianlibao “Pure Gold Can” prize as fake

Summary: On November 5th, 1992 Barcelona Olympics Judo champion Zhuang Xiaoyan claimed that she recently discovered that the pure gold drink can Jianlibao [a Chinese drink manufacturer that became famous after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and was the official sports drink of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games] awarded her 19 years ago may be fake, is not pure gold, and that a professional gold retailer appraises its value at only 50 yuan. The assistant for the general manager of the Jianlibao company responded to this saying, “Currently our company has already taken legal procedures to investigate.”