Simone Biles and Team USA just won gold. So why is everyone fixating on their past second-place finish? (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) ...

how do the athletes themselves feel about bringing back a medal that isn't gold? A 2016 study analyzing the emotions of Olympic athletes on the podium revealed that there are multiple factors that ...

The U.S. has over two dozen silver medals going into the final week of the Olympics but whether second place is considered a win or loss is complicated for athletes.

HARBIN, China, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea added three gold medals at the Asian Winter Games on Thursday to lock down second place in the medal race with one day remaining. With gold medals ...

The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games have drawn to a close and Great Britain's successful run saw them surpass their gold medal tally from Tokyo 2021. ParalympicsGB ended the final day of competition ...

winners were given trophies or works of art, depending on the sport,” she said. The tradition of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals for first, second and third place respectively was then ...

The answer is a bit more nuanced than it seems, given that Olympic ... However, first place medals were designated as silver medals; those in second place received a bronze medal and there were ...

much like Team India's second-place finish in the 2023 ODI World Cup did There are several parallels that can be drawn between Neeraj Chopra's silver medal finish and Team India's 2023 ODI World ...

What we think of as the traditional modern medal was debuted in 1904 at the St. Louis Olympics. Gold, silver and bronze were given to first, second and third place and the medals came attached to ...