Sentence examples for multiple medals in from inspiring English sources
China pursues gold by funnelling athletes into obscure individual sports that can reap multiple medals in competitions.
Didier Cuche, even with a broken thumb, and his more understated Swiss compatriot Carlo Janka are quite capable of winning multiple medals in Alpine skiing.
His point is this: It is much easier to win multiple medals in sports like swimming and gymnastics than in track and field, because there are more individual events.
The IOC has also attempted to persuade international federations to increase the number of women's events to match the number of men's, most recently in cycling – allowing Laura Trott and Victoria Pendleton to win multiple medals in London.
Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Allison Schmitt – all of whom have won multiple medals in London – finished in 3 minutes 52.05 seconds, breaking the mark set three years ago by a Chinese team.
"To keep going for five consecutive Games, at the top of your game, is a far greater achievement than winning multiple medals in one Games.
Denied the multiple medals on offer in other sports, and facing a huge battle every four years to claim the single spot on offer in his class, Ainslie's run of medals across five Games ensures he must feature alongside Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Kelly Holmes and Bradley Wiggins in any debate over Britain's greatest ever Olympian.
His father, William, was world champion in 1992 and won multiple medals, including European gold in 1986.
Badminton player Srikanth Kidambi became the only Indian athlete to win multiple medals, including a silver in mixed doubles (paired with Maneesha Kukkapalli) and a bronze in men's doubles (paired with Hema Thandarang).
This was almost all, it turned out, but there was time for me to award some multiple medals and cheek kissings in the manner of a French Maréchal.
His blue-eyed portrait, in white uniform with gold braid and multiple medals, stared down from walls in offices and private houses alike; but he was stocky and dull, the typical son of a German immigrant brewer, and preferred desk-duties to speeches and parades.
