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Olympic medals and diplomas are awarded to the highest-finishing competitors in each event at the Olympic Games. The medals are made of gold-plated silver (for the gold medals), silver, or bronze, and are awarded to the top three finishers in a particular event. Each medal for an Olympiad has a common design, decided upon by the organizers for ...
In 1999, he was awarded the California Black Sportsman of the Millennium Award. He is now a public speaker. John Carlos (left) and Tommie Smith (center) wearing black gloves, black socks, and no shoes at the 200 m award ceremony of the 1968 Olympics. Carlos's career followed a similar path. He tied the 100-yard dash world record the following year.
The U.S. won eight of 18 possible medals, including four for Biles to boost her Olympic total to 11, tied for the second most ever by a women's gymnast in the history of the event.
Gold medalist Simone Biles celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's vault final on Day 8 of the Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris.
Biles captured her second gold medal of Rio Olympics, winning the women's all-around by a whopping 2.1 points in a sport that keeps score to the hundredth of a point. Not only was the performance ...
Derartu is the first Ethiopian woman and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She won 10,000 metres titles at the 1992 Barcelona and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and a bronze in the event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the World Championships in Athletics, Derartu took silver in the 10,000 m in 1995, and a gold in 2001.
The Paris Olympics just made gymnastics history – again. Gymnasts Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles became the first all-Black podium in men's or women’s gymnastics at the ...
Flowers and Prahm competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing sixth. Flowers also won the bronze medal in the two-woman event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. She retired from competition after the 2006 Winter Olympics. In December 2010, she was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted as a ...