TOKYO (AP) — Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said it's a "very significant change" to traditional medal ceremonies.
Bach said medals "will be presented to the athlete on a tray and then the athlete will take the medal him or herself."
Medals will be placed on a tray by a person wearing disinfected gloves. Medalists and ceremony officials will have to wear masks.