Reflective, ribbon-like rings form a border around the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic medals by Junichi Kawanishi, which are made from old electronic devices donated by the public.

With one year to go until the 2020 Olympics begin, the organising committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has unveiled the designs for the winning athletes' bronze, silver and gold medals and their cases.
The medals were created by Japanese designer Junichi Kawanishi following an open competition.
As rumoured back in 2017, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will be manufactured using the precious metal extracted from mobile phones and other small electronic devices donated by the public.

All 5,000 Tokyo 2020 medals have been manufactured from recycled smartphones and small electronic devices that were donated by the public between April 2017 and March 2019. More than 78,985 tonnes of used mobile phones and other gadgets were collected by municipal authorities, with a total of 6.21 million used mobile phones handed in at collection centres.
Altogether these yielded 32 kilograms (kg) of gold, 3,500 kg of silver and 2,200 kg of bronze.

As per tradition, the medals are fronted with Nike ? the Greek goddess of victory ? standing in front of the Panathinaikos Stadium.
The reverse side features a chiselled, choppy design around the medal's circumference, which encircles a raised, pebble-like centre. This is engraved with the chequered Tokyo 2020 "ichimatsu moyo" emblem and the Olympic f...