medal
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His side beat hosts Japan 1-0 in the final and, afterwards, Lee held up his gold medal and triumphantly announced he was "not going to the military".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ali Brigginshaw has missed out on the chance to go for a fourth World Cup winners' medal after being omitted from Australia's women's squad.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The 21-year-old will instead go home with only a bronze medal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Following her landmark gold medal on Wednesday, Mu said the only thing that mattered was ability.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
If so, did that mean his team lost another medal?
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
The hosts finished with 83 golds, a distant second in the medals table behind China with 169.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Towards the end of day 12, China were sitting pretty at the top of the medals table with a whopping 152 golds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
And the reallocation of medals has become commonplace in athletics as a result of positive drugs tests that can emerge long after events have taken place.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Keeleigh now campaigns for organ donation and has competed in the British Transplant Games and international events, winning gold medals in events including shot put, archery and discus.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Each miner had two brass medals with a number stamped on it.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
The dog that almost medaled at the Olympics.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 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
In the first 10 world championships to feature women’s hammer throw — from 1999 to 2017 — an American had never medaled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
He competed in five world championships and twice medaled in Grand Prix events, but his popularity came largely from his effervescent and free-spirited attitude on the ice rather than his results.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 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
If the Senate only medalled enough, that was all he asked.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 by Various
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
The finalists who came close to medaling were:
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
In her final skate, her participation abruptly became moot when her performance, filled with falls and stumbles, eradicated her chance at medaling.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 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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