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| gold medal |
the award for winning first place in an Olympic or other competition, with silver and bronze medals going to second and third place winners. |
| Mia Hamm |
U.S. professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist, who at the age of 19 became the youngest woman to win a World Cup championship; born Mariel Margaret Hamm (b.1972). |
| Olympia |
a plain in southwestern Greece that was the original site of the Olympic games. [1/2 definitions] |
| Olympiad |
a celebration of the modern Olympic Games; Olympics. |
| Olympian |
of or concerning the Olympic games, esp. the ancient ones. [2/5 definitions] |
| Olympic |
of or pertaining to the Olympic Games. [3 definitions] |
| pentathlon |
in the Olympic games, a five-event contest in which each competitor must ride, on horseback, a cross-country course, run cross-country, swim, fence, and shoot a pistol. [1/2 definitions] |
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