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But Backstedt made her battle hard on a long, winding, technical course to secure just the third British medal in the discipline, with Emma Pooley taking gold in 2010 and bronze a year later.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In 2024, a Google DeepMind model performed well enough at the International Mathematical Olympiad to win a silver medal of its own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In recent years, they have become smart enough to earn a silver medal and then gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But when asked about Rafer Johnson, one of the world’s greatest decathlon competitors who won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games, Benson said, “I guess I don’t know of him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Nevertheless, no ancient Greek struck a medal with the word Eureka on it and started awarding it to successful scientists as we award the Fields Medal to successful mathematicians.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It continues Hunt's fine late season form after winning four gold medals at the European Championships in Birmingham last month.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

"It really annoyed me at the start. I've got multiple Olympic medals, world championships - and that got remembered," said Brownlee.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many of the special things Canadians cherish, we can also count as our own, from maple trees in Vermont to gold medals in Olympic hockey, from Alexander Graham Bell to Catherine O’Hara.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Certainly it did in doubles, where they teamed up to win three Olympic gold medals and 14 major titles, including two at the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Nope. It’s another version of Mr. Lemoncello’s First Letters game. When you write down the first letter of all eleven medals, guess what it says.”

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

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

“We don’t lose relays. We don’t lose swim-offs. We’re here to win gold medals,” he barked at his team, according to Kieran Smith, another Nesty swimmer who medaled at the Tokyo Olympics.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 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

And so to the IAAF, now ruled by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s almost comically damning report to have medalled in cheating and corruption.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2016

"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

"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

After medaling in duets at two world championships, he retired again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024

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 medaling teams averaged at least a 5.6.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 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