medalist

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• The money paid to medalists by some countries can be vastly different from the amount available to other athletes on a consistent basis.

  What’s An Olympic Medal Worth? It Depends On Whose Flag You Carry. | John Loeppky | August 11, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight

• This wouldn’t bother me so much if it weren’t also the case that medalists have to put their own medals around their necks to avoid close contact, however brief, with presenters.

  I’m a Health Writer Who Covers the Olympics. Here’s What I Thought of the Tokyo Games Bubble | Alice Park/Tokyo | August 10, 2021 | Time

• At age 13, we were astounded as Great Britain’s Sky Brown became the youngest athlete and medalist for the nation.

  Tokyo Surprises: Expect the Unexpected | Toyloy Brown III | August 6, 2021 | Ozy

• Since it first featured an athlete on its box in 1934 — New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — Wheaties has placed the image of more than 850 athletes on the iconic orange box, 77 of whom were Olympic medalists.

  What’s Rarer Than Gold? Making It Onto A Wheaties Box. | Kaleigh Rogers | August 6, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight

• While Wheaties is not an official sponsor of the 2020 Olympics, gold medalists tend to make prime targets, which makes the decision process even more complex, according to Johnson.

  What’s Rarer Than Gold? Making It Onto A Wheaties Box. | Kaleigh Rogers | August 6, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight