India, Sept. 19 -- This is what every athlete who has travelled to Aichi-Nagoya for the 2026 Asian Games will be fighting for. This is what the athletes have trained for over four years. This is what they will be awarded when they stand on the podium: medals.

But do you know how these medals were made? Or how much they weigh? Or how much gold is there in the gold medal? Let's find out.

In a quiet design studio, ceramic discs were repeatedly shattered, their fractured pieces carefully examined as they settled into naturally captivating forms.

Japanese designer Daisuke Shiba was searching for something deeper than mere metallic brilliance for the 20th Asian Games. He envisioned the invisible journey of an athlete - the gruelling training...