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If packing your kids’ lunch for school was an Olympic sport, my mother would have been a gold medalist every year.—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026 Americans have won ice dance medals at five consecutive Olympics, and, for the first time since 1988, could have back-to-back men’s singles gold medalists.—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026 Olympic swimming gold medalist Tracy Caulkins is 63.—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2026 Glenn, a first-time Olympian, has been nearly unbeatable the past two years, while 18-year-old Isabeau Levito is a former world silver medalist.—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medalist
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