Going For Gold-Plated

The gold in gold metals continues to shrink:

The amount of gold in an Olympic gold medal has fallen to 1.34 percent, thanks to gold prices that recently peaked at $1,895 an ounce. At current prices, a pure 400g medal would cost about $25,000 to make, according to gold broker Dillon Gage, with a total bill of about $50m for the games.