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IOC President Thomas Bach stated that the award reconnects the Olympics the ideals and values of the Ancient Olympic Games. [2] The trophy features a laurel wreath and the Olympic rings which are made out of Fairmined Gold and the base is a stone from Ancient Olympia. [3] [2]
A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom ( Ruscus hypoglossum ) or cherry laurel ( Prunus laurocerasus ).
Wreaths of leaves from laurel, olive, oak, myrtle, and celery were particularly symbolically significant, with the laurel wreath the victor's crown at the Pythian Games and at a Roman triumph, and the olive wreath the prize at the Olympic Games.
These Games include a mix of athletic events that took place at the previous Olympic Games, and musical events. The prize to the winner of the Pythian Games is a laurel wreath [2] (also known as bay laurel, Laurus nobilis). In Pausanias' Description of Greece, he lists Cleisthenes of Sicyon as the winner of the first Pythian Games chariot race ...
The olive wreath, also known as kotinos (Greek: κότινος), [1] was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree [ 2 ] Kallistefanos Elea [ 3 ] (also referred to as Elaia Kallistephanos ) [ 4 ] that grew at Olympia , [ 5 ] intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe.
Surround: A bronze laurel wreath and laurel leaf chain (The Rome games were the first to place the medal around the athletes neck) Giuseppe Cassioli: Artistice Fiorentini 68 6.5 211 1964: Tokyo, Japan Design: Trionfo: Giuseppe Cassioli and Toshikaka Koshiba: Japan Mint: 60 7.5 62 1968: Mexico City, Mexico Design: Trionfo: Giuseppe Cassioli: 60 ...
Joan Benoit Samuelson receives a laurel wreath after winning the Boston Marathon in April 1983. ... Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in an Olympic-record 2:22.55 after taking bronze in both ...
As in 1859 winners received a cash prize; in addition, the first three winners received olive wreaths and small branches of olive and laurel. [17] There was a band playing an Olympic Hymn, specially composed for the occasion. The judges were professors of the University of Athens, and there was a herald for announcing the winners.