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.

Examples of bronze medal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Novak Djokovic, who plans to play in Paris this year, wept after winning a bronze medal in Beijing in 2008; Andy Murray sobbed into his towel after claiming his second gold medal in Rio in 2016. —

Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 But a world bronze medal last year has the Americans on track for an early arrival in Paris. —

Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024 The 25-year-old is no stranger to the physical demands of training but for the first Olympics since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the one-time bronze medal winner is upping her mental game in anticipation of squaring off against Russian athletes. —

Svitlana Vlasova, CNN, 25 June 2024 In his four previous Olympic appearances, Djokovic picked up the bronze medal at Beijing 2008 after beating American James Blake. —

Matias Grez, CNN, 19 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for bronze medal

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