IOC replaces Olympic great Gary Hall Jr's 10 medals that were destroyed in Los Angeles wildfires

Gary Hall Jr.’s Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires. On Monday, he was awarded 10 replica medals at IOC headquarters to replace the ones he lost.

Like most of Hall’s belongings, the original medals burned four months ago at his home in the Pacific Palisades.

"I’ll do a better job of taking care of these," Hall said jokingly.

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The 50-year-old received a new set of five gold medals, three silvers and two bronze medals that he earned swimming for the United States. 

IOC president Thomas Bach said presenting Hall Jr. with 10 medals on the same day was a "unique ceremony."

"I don’t think that it happened ever ...