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What Are Olympic Medals Made Of? Why Does Every Country Have A Flag?

2018/2/16
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This chapter explores the composition and significance of Olympic medals, featuring insights from Olympians about their personal experiences and the value these medals hold beyond their material worth.

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What are Olympic medals made of? Why does every country have a flag? The 2018 Winter Olympics are underway in PyeongChang, South Korea. We reached out to medal-winning Olympians Elana Meyers Taylor, Andrew Weibrecht and Hannah Kearney to reflect on what winning a medal represents. And we learn about flags with vexillologist Scot Guenter from San Jose State University.