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• n  an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• The champion swimmer defeats her rivals and her doubts to win a medal for ailing children When Otylia Jedrzejczak stepped onto the starting blocks for the women's 100-m .
• Pius XI has ordered silver medals to be struck.
• Although the gold medal of the Nobel Peace Prize bears the motto PRO PACE ET FRATERNITATE GENTIUM (For Peace and the Brotherhood of Nations), the selection of the recipient often .

• decoration
• laurel wreath
• medallion
• palm
• ribbon

News & Articles

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• Marathon winner giving medal to Boston
  Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa is giving his medal to the City of Boston as a tribute to the victims and families affected by the twin bombing near the race's finish line.
  June 19, 2013 - WMUR New Hampshire
• Statue of Sgt. Petry, Medal of Honor recipient, to be unveiled outside City Hall
  Plans for Medal of Honor recipient Army Sgt. Leroy Petry to parachute into Fort Mary Park on June 24 ...
  June 18, 2013 - Albuquerque Journal
• Gold Medal proposed for Sally Ride
  Scott Peters introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to the late Sally Ride.
  June 18, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• Kate Winslet in International Herald Tribune
  It's really an honor to be included in what I think is such a remarkable year,Winslet said. "I really feel like everybody should be given a medal."
• Bode Miller in ABC News
  The gold medal is great. I think it's perfect. Ideally, that's what everyone is shooting for. But the way I skied these last races is what matters. I would've been proud of that skiing with a medal or not,Miller said after turning in the...