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[med-l] / ˈmɛd l /


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Realistically, there is a strong chance Saturday's third-placed play-off against France in Miami for the bronze medal will be the final act of his England World Cup career.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

But Batty says anticipation is building, adding: "It isn't until the first medal is won that people will really clock on to the competition."

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

You know, 24 major tournament titles, 40 Masters 1000s, a hard-fought gold medal two summers ago in Paris, blah, blah, blah, all that.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

At 17, she won a gold medal in speed climbing last week at the USU19 National Championship in Salt Lake City.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

But she didn’t want Kyle finding it, either, because she assumed Mr. Lemoncello would give a medal to whoever found the spot where the book was supposed to be.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

It decides who receives the bronze medals and who is officially fourth.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Silicon Valley investor Deedy Das recently analyzed the career paths of 87 Indians who as students won medals at the International Physics Olympiad between 2001 and 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Born without a functioning left hand, Storey began her Paralympic career as a 14-year-old swimmer in 1992 and won 16 medals in the pool across four Games, including five golds.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

In an apparent sign that rescue missions were closing up, interim President Delcy Rodriquez held a ceremony to hand out medals to international teams, including their rescue dogs.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport and each casket was pinned with Vietnamese and American medals.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

The dog that almost medaled at the Olympics.

From MarketWatch Feb. 19, 2026

Since becoming an independent country in 2006, Serbia has medaled in every Olympic tournament it has played in, with its last two medals being gold.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2024

“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

Then again, given that this was my first season as an elite junior gymnast, I’d medaled more than I thought I would.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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

To-night he has dined well, and his big hand is stroking the Essence of Selfishness who purrs against his medalled chest under a caress as gentle as a woman's.

From A Village of Vagabonds by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)

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

Washington also placed fourth in the second varsity eight while medaling in the third varsity eight with a bronze at Mercer Lake.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 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 Hemyng, Bracebridge




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