USWNT star Lynn Williams explains how she earned her Olympic gold medal

American women’s soccer star Lynn Williams lamented that her Olympic gold medal had been turned into the world’s most expensive roller coaster.

In a video posted to TikTok this week, Williams, who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the NWSL, gave a detailed account of how she won her medal.

“I thought it was finally time to ask you the long-awaited question…how did I break my medal? How did I get the most expensive roller coaster in the world?” Williams asked.

She explained that there was a bar on the medal that the ribbon was attached to, and she recalled the moment after she won the medal when she waved the medal around in celebration.

“Ironically, that’s not how it broke… I’m sure it didn’t help, but that’s not how it broke,” Williams said, before revealing the true cause of the rupture.

“I had it on my shoulder like a little bag, and I was jumping, dancing, jumping,” Williams continued. “And I jumped down, and it just fell off. So everyone was dancing, and I was wandering around trying to get my medal off the ground. It’s got a dent in it now, so it’s definitely unique.”

She believed that the medals could have been better made.

“I just think they should have made them better and sturdier, and honestly, I can’t fault them for that,” Williams said.

“I don’t know if I’m going to get it fixed. We’re waiting for the IOC, the Olympic Committee. They said I could probably get one. I had to prove to them that it was damaged, but now we’re just waiting. If not, I think it’s a cool, funny story, to be honest.”