LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Five-time Olympic swimming champion Gary Hall Jr. received replicas of his 10 medals from the Games on Monday after the originals were destroyed during the Los Angeles wildfires in January.
The medals were presented to him by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach during a ceremony at the Games ruling body’s headquarters in Lausanne.
“Thank you for the medals,” Hall said in a brief speech. “Never before have 10 Olympic medals been replaced. Probably because no one has lost 10 medals before. I will do a better job at taking care of these…