silver medal
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Gu, who had a poor second run and risked finishing out of the medals, came back strongly, scoring 89.00 with her final effort to catapult her into the silver medal position.
From Barron's
In the 4x7m relay, France win the silver medal and Italy took the bronze.
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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.
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