Gold for nothing

With the British Commonwealth games coming apon us very soon - (in India) I've been thinking about the hassles they are having getting the venue prepared and the Security needed to combat terrorism and the like. It reminded me of a Gold medal I scored without jumping,running,throwing, lifting or even pole dancing !!!. -
You may recall these Russian Olympic games were cancelled due to a Terrorism attack and some Israeli deaths.
Would anyone like to go to India ? next door neighbouring Pakistan ? -

Here's my Gold medal from the 1983 ( I think) Olympic Games (for playing tiddly winks)
I note that three eligible NZ'ers have made themselves unavailable for the Commonwealth Games starting in a week or three ?
Photographing coins and other such flat copying isnt as easy as it looks - they tend to shine all over the place - and to get the bumps lighting needs to be low and double sided. - enough !! Rgds pooba