Brazilian judoca breaks his medal in the shower

Philip Kitadai won the bronze medal on Saturday in the category of up to 60 kg. He was so excited that he didn't want to rid of the prize even under the shower

A Brazilian judoca broke his bronze medal after take it with you to the shower and let it fall, few hours later have been third in the race in which participated in the Olympic Games in London, a spokeswoman for his country team reported on Monday.

Philip Kitadai, who defeated Italian Elio green to stay with the bronze medal Saturday in the category of up to 60 kilos, was so excited that she didn't want to get rid of their prize.

"I was taking a shower with the Medal and dropped," the spokeswoman said. "Then he went to sleep with the Medal and realized that it was broken." It was not the most intelligent decision", he added."

The Medal was damaged at the top, where the Ribbon passes through a ring.

After a few quick telephone and apologies, Olympic authorities agreed to change the Medal of the athlete in 23 years.