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Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, and the country’s national anthem could be played for gold medalists for the first time on the stage of a major global sporting event since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.—Tales Azzoni, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026 Blades was a silver medalist in the 2024 Olympics.—John Bohnenkamp, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026 Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, and the country’s national anthem could be played for gold medalists for the first time on the stage of a major global sporting event since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026 Including all-everything blue liner Lee Stecklein, the Frost returned a league-high six gold medalists from the Milan Cortina Games.—Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medalist