silver medal
Example Sentences
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In the 4x7m relay, France win the silver medal and Italy took the bronze.
From Barron's
They have come so tantalizingly close to so many golds that they now hold a decisive lead in another category: silver medals.
“Even more specific, it’s usually big sprinters,” said Curtis Tomasevicz, a former football player at Nebraska who won Olympic gold and silver medals in the bobsled before becoming a coach with the U.S. team.
From Los Angeles Times
Shaidorov said that his world silver medal had had a big impact on the popularity of the sport in his country.
From Barron's
Originally from Kharkiv, he won a silver medal in the Ukrainian Championships in 2016 and took part in the Youth Winter Olympics in Norway that same year.
From BBC
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