More than 100 Olympic and Paralympic athletes from the 2024 Paris Games have reached out to request a replacement medal as many have begun to 'deteriorate' in recent months.

Some of the medals that were won by athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics were beginning to deteriorate just months after winning them. However, according to the Associated Press, the French mint is going to replace several medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics after athletes raised concerns about the condition of the medals.

The French mint told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it is replacing a number of medals from the 2024 Paris Games and Paralympics after athletes complained that they have already deteriorated — with some posting pictures on social media.

More than 100 Olympic and Paralympic medallists have returned their medals from Paris to get replacements, claiming their hardware has deteriorated since the Games last year.

Monnaie de Paris said it will "replace all damaged medals at the athletes’ request" after complaints about the medals deteriorating and tarnishing.

Some athletes who competed in the 2024 Olympics reported their medals are damaged. The French Mint made more than 5,000 medals.

The French mint is replacing a number of medals from the 2024 Paris Games and Paralympics after athletes complained that they have already deteriorated.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told AFP Monday that the “defective medals” from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will be replaced with identical models. “The Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris (the French state mint),