Germany's silver medal-winning luge star David Moeller has been forced to take an embarrassing trip to the dentist after he broke a front tooth biting into his prize.
A sheepish Moeller, 28, explained: "The photographers wanted us to bite into our medals at the presentation ceremony. And a corner of my front tooth broke off.
"It wasn't too bad and it didn't hurt," added Moeller, saying that it had happened before to him at home.
"But it is annoying when you can't smile as you normally do.
"And because I want to have nice pictures and happy memories of my Olympic Games, I went to the dentist to get it repaired," he said.
Moeller was part of a German 1-2 in the men' luge on Sunday at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with compatriot Felix Loch winning gold.
Loch escaped from his medal bite uninjured, German tabloid newspaper Bild reported.
