Xander Schauffele has some of the most prestigious hardware in sports: an Olympic gold medal, a Claret Jug and a Wanamaker ...

The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics medals were unveiled this week at an event in Venice. The ...

But how much is a gold medal worth? According to the International Olympic Committee, gold medals are required to be at least 92.5 percent silver, and are plated with about 6 grams of pure gold.

According to Olympics.com, the most decorated Winter Olympian is Norway's Marit Bjørgen with 15 medals in cross-country skiing. She also is tied for third-most medals in overall Olympic history.

The country with the most Olympic medals may not come as a surprise. Check out the top 10 nations with the most gold ahead of this year's Paris Games.

While gold medals at the Olympics are not 100% made of gold, they are plated with a pure gold sheet. The Paris medals also include part of the Eiffel Tower. Skip Navigation ...

Lauryn Williams became the first American female athlete to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She won silver in the 100-meter dash at the Athens 2004 Games and won gold in the ...

Harrison received $37,500 from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee for winning a gold medal at the 2021 Games, part of $13.2 million the USOPC distributed to athletes for medal performances ...

Olympic sports begin in a lot of ways. A whistle blows, or a pistol bangs, or an athlete runs or serves or jumps. But the gold medal in athlete-dropping can only go to the kayak cross.

For Olympic newbie sports like breaking, there’s a lot more at stake than medals U.S. breaker Victor Montalvo competes at the World Breaking Championship in Belgium in 2023.

Thirty-three sports. Three hundred and thirty-nine events. And approximately 5,000 Olympic and Paralympic medals in waiting.. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics (yes, the Games are still being referred to as ...

The U.S. will have chances to earn its first medals in breaking, the lone new event debuting at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, but there are also older sports where the country is still chasing its ...