Shelly Olds...bike stolen, bike found, gold medal won

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"Nicolas" wrote:

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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Bad plan. Almost all of the "gold" medals from 1920 onwards have been
gilt silver.

http://www.hesge.ch/heg/vous_etes/do...hnyder_annexe1
.pdf

Can someone confirm that the Albertville, Lillehammer, and Atlanta
medals were substantially gold?

As for women's cycling, it just doesn't pay well. There are AAA hockey
players who make more than most women cyclists.

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Ryan Cousineau

Gilt, well at least some had gold edges, or something similar from other
accounts. Still pathetic. Olympic champions should have real gold medals, or
least solid gold plated, cheapskates. They might as well use medals from
crackerjack boxes. Olympic and World Championship gold, should be gold
plated. If Silver is silver, Gold should be Gold. It's a fraud on the sport,
public and the athletes.

"Gilt" means gold-plated. The Olympics are about the spirit of
competition, and while the medals shouldn't be chintzy, neither do they
need to be all that valuable.

Besides, the collectible value of Olympic medals is vastly greater than
the intrinsic value.

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Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
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