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sl8

(13,663 posts) Tue Feb 15, 2022, 08:21 PM Feb 2022

Gold medal, bronze medal, it's all good.

Medal mix-up at ISU Grand Prix 2019 in Grenoble

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Medal mix-up at ISU Grand Prix 2019 in Grenoble - Ladies Victory Ceremony.
Mariah Bell receives gold medal by mistake (instead of Alena Kostornaia). Alina Zagitova points it out...

Ошибка на церемонии награждения на Гран-при 2019 в Гренобле.
Мерайя Белл получила золото.

(extract from my own full video of the medal awards ceremony)
Internationaux de France 2019

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Gold medal, bronze medal, it's all good. (Original Post) sl8 Feb 2022 OP

I remember a comedian some years ago Xavier Breath Feb 2022 #1

Fun fact - The Olympic gold medal is made with at least 92.5% silver. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #2

Not always. Each olympics, the hosting group gets to design the medals however they want. Angleae Feb 2022 #3

Xavier Breath

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1. I remember a comedian some years ago

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Tue Feb 15, 2022, 08:25 PM

Feb 2022

who did a bit about Olympic medals. He said "If you win a gold medal, everyone congratulates you. If you win a bronze, they tell you how lucky you were to medal against such stiff competition. But if you win a silver, everyone just wants to know how much you lost by."

PoliticAverse

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2. Fun fact - The Olympic gold medal is made with at least 92.5% silver. n/t

Reply to Xavier Breath (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 15, 2022, 08:54 PM

Feb 2022

Angleae

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3. Not always. Each olympics, the hosting group gets to design the medals however they want.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 15, 2022, 11:17 PM

Feb 2022

Now while I agree that the gold medals aren't ever solid gold, other metals have been used. In 1992, in Norway, they were clear plastic with a block of polished granite inside.

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