gold medal

noun

: a medal made of gold that is awarded as the prize for first place in a sports competition
He won three gold medals in the Olympics.

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But to kick off the tournament, Lawson went with some more senior members on the squad to begin their journey to defending that gold medal. Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Noah Lyles, the American track star who won the 100-meter gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is ending his season early, one week before the new World Athletics Ultimate Championship. Zack Pierce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The Algerian boxer is the first athlete from Africa to win a gold medal. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026 Chiles is the fourth member of that gold medal-winning team to announce a comeback for the 2028 Olympics, joining Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera. Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gold medal

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