Gary Hall Jr., a five-time Olympic champion, was presented replicas of his 10 Olympic medals after losing the originals in the destructive Los Angeles wildfires. The ceremony was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, led by IOC president Thomas Bach. Hall expressed gratitude and reflected on solidarity as a key takeaway from his experience. The wildfires caused significant destruction and loss of life, marking it as possibly the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. With Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics, this event underscores the lasting impact of such tragedies.
When we were reading your tragic story of losing your house and all your possessions and all your worldly properties, this was going straight to our heart.
The realization through this process that outweighs any sense of loss is this word of solidarity and what it means which cannot be taken away.
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