How to Use gold medal in a Sentence

gold medal

noun
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  • The team, coached by Knight, went on to win the gold medal.
    — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Lee held her all-around gold medal up with a tight-lipped smile.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • He was named the national coach of the year four times and led the U.S. men’s team to an Olympic gold medal in 1984.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The United States defeated France in the gold medal game at the 2021 games in Tokyo.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The pair are now both gold medal winners this summer in Paris.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The gold medal swimmer, driving alone in his truck, wasn’t so lucky.
    — Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Canada beat the Americans to reach the final, then won the gold medal.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • The men’s Olympic gold medal match takes place Sunday, August 4 at 3 a.m.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The prize consists of a gold medal, a bronze replica, a certificate, and a cash prize.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2020
  • In addition to the women's gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, the men qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Puma won its first gold medal at the 1952 Olympics thanks to sprinter Josy Barthel of Luxembourg.
    — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • On the sixth day, the winners of each pool would play for the gold medal, preceded by the runners-up playing for the bronze medal.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Biles also took home the gold medal in the women's all-around final, gold on vault and a silver on floor.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
  • That year Johnson unanimously won the gold medal and a cash prize of $400.
    — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • No jumper has won the gold medal using any other technique since 1976.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Mixed games start August 29, with the gold medal games September 2.
    — Molly Higgins, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Jonah said the game before -- against a mixed team from Dallas -- to get to the gold medal game was very memorable.
    — Martin S. Lerman, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Aidam has experienced the joy of winning a state gold medal.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But, in the meantime, French bakers have already won their version of a gold medal: a new world record for the longest baguette.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • The Olympian Steve Mesler has a gold medal in bobsled racing, and will be looking to add a marathon finisher’s medal to that.
    — Jennie Coughlin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Benjamin will aim for a spot at next year’s Paris Olympics still searching for his elusive gold medal.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Even amid the uproar over the 100-meter freestyle results, Mr. Larson managed to reach the gold medal podium in Rome.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Last weekend, Steph Curry helped the U.S. men’s basketball team take home a gold medal.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating’s team event.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The United States wins the Olympic gold medal in men’s curling in a decisive upset of Sweden.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The sophomore anchor delivered one of her best splits of the season, closing out the record and a historic gold medal.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
  • To Williams, who was part of the 4x100 relay pool at the Tokyo Olympics and has a gold medal to show for it, this was a very different experience.
    — oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • Tara Davis-Woodhall, who trains at Arkansas, is projected to win a gold medal in the long jump.
    — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The opposing team’s diver emerged from the water throwing her hands high as if a gold medal was about to be placed around her neck.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • As expected, the South Korean women’s team won its tenth consecutive Olympic gold medal in archery.
    — Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024

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