While taking home a gold medal is the ultimate goal at the Olympics, some athletes are also looking to collect the special edition pins at the games. Pin trading has been common practice at the ...

Athletes, fans and staff collect and trade pins representing countries, sports and more during the Olympic Games Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2015 and ...

Olympic pin trading is back for the 2024 Paris Games — and more popular than ever. The longstanding tradition, sometimes referred to as the "unofficial sport of the Olympics," involves trading and ...

Pin trading has become a hallmark of the Olympics in recent decades — and not just for athletes. An official trading center in Milan was a hotspot for longtime collectors and curious newcomers alike.

The night before he flew to France, 19-year-old London collector Josh Waller had — quite literally — thousands of pins strewn across his bedroom. He was sorting through his collection to decide which ...

Collectors travel from all over the world to trade and purchase pins representing past, present and future Olympic Games.

At Bar Dolomiti, when you purchase a bottle of Coca-Cola, you get a limited edition mystery pin pack. These limited-edition enamel pins are shaped like postage stamps, each highlighting a different ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway and a familiar craze is taking over the Summer Games. Olympic pin trading is a longstanding tradition among the athletes, fans, and staff members at the games, and ...

MILAN — You don't have to be an athlete to leave the Olympics with a coveted piece of metal, as long as you're game to trade lapel pins. The pins come in all shapes and sizes, usually made of enamel ...

The Olympics may be taking over Peacock and TV screens, but there’s another event happening behind the scenes that TikTokers are loving just as much: Olympic pin trading. One thing about the Olympic ...