An curved arrow pointing right. Olympians have been biting their metals for the camera for years. Here's where this strange tradition may have originated. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from ...

She then tried her hand at the tradition without actually biting the medal ... know that only in 1912 the gold medals were ...

The winning athletes will often bite their gold medal to celebrate on the podium. It's become Olympic tradition. Biting gold was once a way that traders could check the purity of their coins.

The USA won an unprecedented fifth consecutive gold medal ... tradition lives on. The standard has been set and matched by the last five teams to take the court for the United States in the Olympics.