Sentence examples for medal was found from inspiring English sources

The Tottenham and Northern Ireland captain's medal was found in a jug bought for just £25 in 1991.

The gymnast, Dong Fangxiao, a member of the Chinese women's team that won the bronze medal, was found to have falsified her age in order to meet the requirements at those Olympics.

In a final twist, it has also now emerged that Pte Hogg, who became a teacher after graduating from Glasgow University, died in the year his medal was found by the Inverness police officers.

In addition, one of the five known Jefferson Peace Medals was found associated with the most recent human remains at the site, evidently having been given to a local Native American leader (presumably of the Nez Perce) during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

The medals were found Jan . 20by a Cos Cob postal employee in a mailbox in front of the post office.

Floundering athletes can even be cast aside after their careers are over — a point driven home last year when a former gold medal gymnast was found begging on the streets of Beijing.

When announcing the fresh sanctions on Tuesday, the IAAF had said that, if any medal-winning athlete was found guilty of doping violations, it would "correct the record books and reallocate medals as necessary".

ID events had been suspended following the 2000 Summer Paralympics, after the Spanish basketball team was stripped of their gold medals when it was found that only 2 of their 12 team members actually suffered from intellectual disability.

He played along with being fêted as the winner right up to the medal ceremony, where he was found out.

The Austrian who won the slalom gold medal in 1964, Josef Stiegler, was found to have multiple sclerosis in 1995.

De Bruijn, who won three gold medals at the Atlanta Games, was found to have spiked a urine test with alcohol in 1998.