bronze medal

noun

: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.

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Victor Montalvo, a second-generation breaker known as B-Boy Victor, won a bronze medal for the United States with a dynamic performance. Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024 Paul, the world No. 12 in singles, did win a bronze medal in doubles at the Olympics with Fritz but has not played doubles since. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 The Spaniard was with her two children by the time she was told the bronze medal would not be hers. Jamie Barton, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024 American Olympic gymnastics star Jordan Chiles and her legal team filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland over the bronze medal scandal that has overshadowed the Games. Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bronze medal 

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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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