Torino Olympic medals look like doughnuts

Much to my annoyance, I've been fighting an extended illness lately, and spent most of the last few days either in bed or on the couch. The only upside is that this has corresponded with such televised joy as the final(?) four episodes of Arrested Development, the return of Justice League Unlimited and the Torino Winter Olympics. (Did you see the freaky opening ceremony?)

Now, as I've previously alluded to, I generally have no interest in sports whatsoever, but I've been an Olympics geek since childhood. And happily, as usual, NBC's Olympic coverage has been a real treat. So far, it's been solidly well produced (I particularly recommend TiVo'ing the amusing Olympic Ice hour-long daily skating digest on USA), and the Dutch have been (speed) skating well.

But here's my thing. The Torino Olympic medals look like doughnuts. Granted, I love doughnuts, and I've heard the official explanation that they're supposed to represent the Italian piazza, but... they look like doughnuts (or, even worse, CDs from a distance). I mean, imagine if you've dreamed and yearned and trained your whole life for an Olympic medal - and then they hand you a doughnut! That just seems a little wrong to me.