medal
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A spokesperson for the Sydney Marathon told the BBC: "A little too much international flavour has found its way onto the back of the finishers medal, with an incorrect depiction of the stadium."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
He confirmed to the BBC that he was not involved in designing the other face of the medal engraved with the wrong stadium.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Konsa played in every England game as Thomas Tuchel's side reached the World Cup semi-finals, losing to Argentina, but then winning the Bronze medal match by beating France.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Round by round and medal by medal, it became her stage - and this her championships.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
They lost the Bendable Bookworm medal to the Northeast team after a fierce game of Dewey Decimal Twister.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
He came home with two gold medals and his alma mater honored him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
She took gold in the 100m, 200m, women's 4x100m relay and mixed 4x100m relay - becoming the first athlete to win four gold medals in a single edition of the European Championships.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Six weeks later, with his parents supporting him, Mark competed in the British Championships, winning five gold medals and setting five new British records.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Baltimore-area native won a record 28 medals, including 23 gold, over the course of five Olympic Games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We’re going back to Olympia Village. We have some medals to inspect.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
The dog that almost medaled at the Olympics.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
The U.S. has never medaled in women’s curling at the Winter Games, finishing fourth in 2002 and 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Obviously it wasn’t my best performances, but at the end of the day, whoever medaled, medaled, and that’s what’s so exciting, because you just never know with gymnastics,” she said.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
It wasn’t enough to keep the U.S. from heading home from the World Cup empty-handed, and after 87 years of waiting Canada has again medaled on one of basketball’s biggest stages.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Word must’ve spread that unless one of the other medaled teams miraculously swept the final three competitions, the championship was down to two true contenders.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
I doubt I had ever seen so many uniformed, braided and medalled men under one roof.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2018
"For Deibold to medal is a testament to how strong our team is, because any of us could have medalled."
From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2014
But few athletes were described as having medalled, and none of having podiumed.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
"I can happily say that I have been in four Olympic Games finals, which is incredible, and I'm glad that I've medalled in four as well," she said.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
Then there was a rather fierce-looking Red Ribbon, medalled as well as be-starred, and the Red Ribbon's wife, with a blushing daughter, in spite of her parentage not yet accustomed to stand fire.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse
With one surgically rebuilt knee and a completely torn ACL in the other, the 41-year-old Vonn gutted her way to the starting gate and had a real chance of medaling before her violent crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Olympic and Paralympic Committee does pay Team USA athletes for medaling but not for competing in the Olympics, although they can apply for grants to support their training and travel.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024
In Tokyo, the Americans’ execution scores on each apparatus were mostly similar to the medaling teams.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
Radamus, who turned 24 last week, finished fourth, just missing out on medaling in the event won by Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
I jumped right up and finished the event, but I knew I had no chance of medaling now.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
The United States finished with 69 points with Japan scoring 68 and Italy medalling for the first time in the team event with 60.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
So in terms of "medalling" the countries, it has to be bronze to the Netherlands, silver to Jamaica and shiny gold to the Czech Republic.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2012
Twitter users have spent days exploiting the Scooby Doo-inspired "we could have got gold if it wasn't for you medalling kids" gag.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2012
"It is rather a dangerous pastime, Mr. Lenoir, this medalling fancy of yours," he said.
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng
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