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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Just a handful of women have ever won a world championship gold medal as well an Olympic gold medal, and Jefferson-Wooden has the opportunity to do so on home soil.
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Any sport, said Blues forward Jake Neighbours, who won a gold medal with Lucic and Team Canada at the 2023 IIHF World Championships.
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Production on The Chi season 8 is set to begin in 2026, but once that season airs, the series will have tied heavy hitters like Weeds, Dexter, and Homeland for second-longest running series in network history, behind Shameless, which holds the gold medal with 11.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
With Hall’s gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo last weekend, the 24-year-old became only the second American woman to win a world title in the heptathlon, joining Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Any sport, said Blues forward Jake Neighbours, who won a gold medal with Lucic and Team Canada at the 2023 IIHF World Championships.
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Production on The Chi season 8 is set to begin in 2026, but once that season airs, the series will have tied heavy hitters like Weeds, Dexter, and Homeland for second-longest running series in network history, behind Shameless, which holds the gold medal with 11.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
With Hall’s gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo last weekend, the 24-year-old became only the second American woman to win a world title in the heptathlon, joining Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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