This Is Why Olympians Bite Their Medals In Photos

We have all seen tons of photos with Olympians biting their medals, but why?

- Photographers are forcing them to...

"It became an obsession with the photographers" - David Wallenchinsky, the president of the International Society of Olympic Historians told CNN. "I think they look at it as an iconic shot, as something that you can probably sell. I don't think it's something the athletes would probably do on their own".

The fact is, "gold" medal is not 100% gold...

Rio's gold medals (and all gold medals since 1912) are not made from solid gold. This year, they were only about 1,2% gold.

Yet, biting your medal can be hazardous. In 2010 German luger David Moeller chipped his front tooth while he was biting his silver medal for photographers (left).

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