bronze medal
noun
: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.
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Continue reading … 'A DEVASTATING TIME' – Team USA's Jordan Chiles addressed criticism that followed after her bronze medal was stripped at last year's Summer Olympics.
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Brinkley is the son of Jasper Brinkley, who played in the NFL seven seasons, and Kellie Brinkley, who won the bronze medal in the 110 hurdles in the 2012 Olympics.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
Instead, she was stripped of her bronze medal after a late score inquiry—a ruling that still feels cruel for an athlete who had delivered the performance of her life.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Maltais translated the resort’s steepest terrain into speed for snowboard-cross competitions—winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Brinkley is the son of Jasper Brinkley, who played in the NFL seven seasons, and Kellie Brinkley, who won the bronze medal in the 110 hurdles in the 2012 Olympics.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
Instead, she was stripped of her bronze medal after a late score inquiry—a ruling that still feels cruel for an athlete who had delivered the performance of her life.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Maltais translated the resort’s steepest terrain into speed for snowboard-cross competitions—winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
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