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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Lee and Jade Carey helped Rivera navigate her way through the sport's biggest stage and come out with a gold medal on the other side. CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Ionescu was on the 2024 Team USA Olympic team that won the gold medal in Paris and made her international senior team debut on the 2022 World Cup squad that came out on top in Sydney, Australia. Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 The speed specialist from Switzerland won the Olympic super-G gold medal in the 2022 Beijing Games among three career Olympic medals, and the 2021 world titles in super-G and giant slalom. ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Davis-Woodhall won a gold medal in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gold medal

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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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