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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Chicago golfer Margaret Abbott became the first American woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Defending champion India continued its T20 dominance over archrival Pakistan with a 19-run victory to win the gold medal at the Asian Games men’s cricket event with players again avoiding customary handshakes Saturday. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Others said criticism of her was misogynistic or saw it as an opportunity to go after Hughes for laughing at a joke the president made after the gold medal game. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 During the 2021-22 season, she was accepted into the NYU Grossman Class of 2026 and helped lead Team Canada to a historic gold medal run at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. — Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 1 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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